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closet

[kloz-it] / ˈklɒz ɪt /


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The primary suite offers its own private escape, complete with vaulted ceilings, a fireplace, and a remodeled walk-in closet.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

In minutes, Bartlett had sketched the makeshift shrine that Helga builds for Arnold in her closet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The right way to fix the holes in the floor is kind of abstract, while the screws and plates in my utility closet are right there.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

At the time, resale brought to mind old, dusty clothes in the back of a closet and rummaging through thrift store racks just to put on someone else’s shoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Finally he found what he was looking for, inside a shoebox stacked with others in a corner of the closet.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

“The primary suite is a private retreat featuring a fireplace, secluded deck, dual spa-inspired baths, individual walk-in closets, a Sitting Room, and dedicated massage and salon rooms,” the listing adds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Some retirees seem to keep closets full of new outfits, as if maintaining workplace identities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The primary suite serves as another luxurious retreat, boasting dual walk-in closets and a spa-inspired en suite bathroom.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Each of these artists’ closets is a source of self-expression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

She thought of all the secret passageways, of the halls and closets, of the tiny, added-on rooms in the Spencer house, of all the spots a small, frightened little girl could hide.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

In the film, Cullen, from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, plays a closeted man who finds he will go to any lengths to keep up appearances in his insular community.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

While the country was knocked sideways by the Sept. 11 attacks, I was a closeted kid alone in a new city, and football did something for me that I have never forgotten.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Part of this may have been an overreaction to pariah status, post-McCarthy, and part of it may have been the sensibility of a closeted gay man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Following a brief stint on the singing competition “Operación Triunfo” three years later, La Cruz was closeted and found his momentum stifled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

They had not met up with her, undoubtedly, thought Harry, because she and Dean were cozily closeted in Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop, that haunt of happy couples.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

If nothing else, it’s smarter closeting strategy—people are going to get a lot more suspicious if every time they see him with you, he starts stammering and shoving you out of view.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2016

And because he is closeting up his doubts and fears, his subsequent eruptions into madness, when words abruptly morph into howls, have a harrowing logic.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2014

“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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