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or etagere
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for étagère
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The 1981 home underwent extensive renovations, including a colorful interior design featuring a blue fireplace, yellow seating nooks, and a large bookcase.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
29 Aug. 2025 -
As engineers push into the sub-terahertz spectrum to handle the enormous data demands of virtual reality and autonomous vehicles, even a bookcase or a passing person can block a signal, causing data loss.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Aug. 2025
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Another trick is to take 4-6 pretty glasses and a decanter and display them together on a tray on a console or credenza.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
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It’s built to look like a small apartment with a bedroom, which has a bed, bureau and mirror; living room with a couch, TV and view of outside; and office space with desk, credenza and small TV.—
Janice Neumann,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Arrange the vase of flowers in a spot where it can be appreciated immediately, like the center of the dining table or a sideboard near the front door.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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Mix your Grandmother's French sideboard with modern upholstered chairs, or pair a sleek pedestal table with antique Windsor chairs.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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Two front pockets create cozy spots for your hands, and the zippered chest pocket offers easy access to small essentials.—
Anne Taylor,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Sep. 2025
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Another video emerged that showed that Prescott spit on the ground in Carter’s direction first, but Carter then spit on Prescott’s chest, drawing the ejection.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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After my recent remodel, under-cabinet lighting was the largest line item on my electrician’s bill.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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And unlike traditional wedding gifts, this chair will actually be used—not forgotten about in the back of china cabinets.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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For many of us, stemmed crystal sparkled under the dimmed light of a breakfront while a collection of coffee mugs were stacked gingerly on top of each other in a shuttered cabinet.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Oct. 2023
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The Health and Human Services secretary’s halting delivery was frequently interrupted by senators anxious to get their points across during their five minutes of allotted time.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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He has been spotted several times at Kering’s headquarters on the Rue de Sèvres in Paris, and broke bread with the executive committee, which includes several brand chief executive officers, the chief financial officer and the general secretary.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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What followed was hours of late-night exploring, complete with a run-in with an opossum, before the cat eventually returned indoors—only to be found resting inside a dresser drawer the next morning.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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An adaptation of the the Broadway show, director Bill Condon's musical drama stars Tonatiuh as a gay window dresser named Luis who shares a cell with political prisoner Valentin (Diego Luna).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“étagère.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9tag%C3%A8re. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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