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closet

[kloz-it] / ˈklɒz ɪt /


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And yet I now had a wedding dress in my closet.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

And $2,250 for a room with no closet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

In the 12th-floor model unit, the steel framework has even been turned into closet shelving.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

There were Roman catacombs with fewer skeletons than those in his closet.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

He had seen all the skeletons in the closet, and never flinched once.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Elsewhere in the home, there is a large office space and two glamorous walk-in closets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

“It’s like letting someone inside your closets of your house, right?” says Kelley Misata, chief executive of nonprofit Sightline Security.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Then there are the two walk-in closets, one of which features a sizable island at its center, ideal for storing accessories.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

Fast delivery can substitute for inventory kept in closets, garages, offices and warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

"Bedrooms have to have closets or else they aren't considered bedrooms," Eleanor, daughter of real-estate-agent parents, informed us.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

The book’s first section is told in through Eddy’s journal entries as he describes the contentious rehearsals that bring together a group of closeted Kingstonians of different ages, classes and levels of sexual candor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

We wanted to be mysterious and be closeted, and Katie was the one who encouraged us not to, and to just be ourselves.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“It kind of siphoned all of that pent-up, closeted stuff that you hold back, that you couldn’t freely express,” she said.

From Slate May 4, 2026

Lee Knight’s “A Friend of Dorothy” may be a tad on the nose about the cultural and emotional impact of a lonely London widow on a closeted teenaged boy.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

But this envy-streaked pleasure Alice closeted, and never let the girl see how she admired those ready-for-bed-in-the-street clothes.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

That there exists so recent and clear an example of purposeful Hollywood closeting helps explain, to a certain extent, how these narratives can take hold.

From Slate Jul. 25, 2019

You haven’t been able to keep up with your regular phone calls because of the pain of closeting yourself.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2019

Soon he was closeting himself in his room listening raptly and endlessly to John Gielgud reciting Clarence’s speech from “Richard III,” desperately attempting to obliterate his Jersey accent.

From New York Times Apr. 12, 2012

“We have no visibility, people are dying, and this whole world is just closeting everything.”

From Washington Post

No more closeting;, she could have one part of Old Chao, Janis and the children another.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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