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bedsheet

[bed-sheet] / ˈbɛdˌʃit /
NOUN
fitted sheet
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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

He said sometimes bodies were left on gurneys in the hallways outside of the morgue covered with nothing more than a bedsheet.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2025

“First, it should surprise no one that there was DNA on the bedsheet that matched the DNA inside Ms. Nickens,” wrote Sara G. Vanore, an assistant district attorney in Delaware County, Pa.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2023

Officers noticed a gas smell so called the fire service who entered and found Mrs Nash in the living room, while Louise was found on a bed, covered by a bedsheet.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2023

From one of the plastic bags we carry our remaining belongings in, Keav takes out a bedsheet and spreads it on the ground.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

For all the digital wizardry emerging in war zones, armed combat still relies on explosive power, much of which comes from the same plants used to make T-shirts and bedsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Amazon, the Jeff Bezos-owned online retailer that sells items ranging from electronics to bedsheets, started carrying groceries and household essentials more than two decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2026

It’s 11:47 p.m., and Sarah is changing her father’s bedsheets for the second time in one night.

From MarketWatch Nov. 25, 2025

The Incorrigibles had personal experience being covered by bedsheets while pretending to be ghosties, so it was all one big man-in-the-moon costume to them.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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