commode
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I mean, let’s face it, we don’t put ADA-required rails on every commode in every bathroom.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
Three years later, the Guggenheim sent its commode to England’s Blenheim Palace, where it was installed in Winston Churchill’s wood-paneled bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Gonzalez said Medi-Cal determined the chair, which can cost more than $1,000, was “a luxury” item that they did not need — but that they qualified for a commode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2024
We are landing in a few minutes, so please close the commode lid and sit on it and secure yourself.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
Calling upon the Fruit of Islam, as the military wing of the Nation was known, she stood by while the young men pulled out the wooden commode from the rickety shack.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Some of the nurses were wearing adult nappies or using patient commodes because there wasn’t time for toilet breaks.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024
The home, in other words, was designed to be a sumptuous backdrop for the gilded commodes and carved-leg bergères of its time.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Like earlier space commodes, air suction, rather than water and gravity, removes the waste.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
Composting commodes have been placed throughout the camp.
From Time ● Dec. 2, 2016
Already I was heavy-hearted in my soul for the flush commodes and machine-washed clothes and other simple things in life I have took for granite.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
