drawer

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More than 30 years later, Nesbitt rediscovered it in a drawer and brought it to Virginia Tech for further study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

It had been tucked away in a museum drawer for decades as it was thought to have been an unremarkable specimen.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

She loved striped T-shirts and had a dozen of them—perhaps too many, she conceded, but she adopted a Marie Kondo tip on folding them in a way that took up less drawer space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

As for this $150,000: It’s better off in your bank account than in a drawer.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

She had no clear memory of the day; it was all in bits and pieces, like many different pockets emptied carelessly into the same drawer.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood