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Recent Examples of jewel box
Sherwin-Williams' Extra White (SW 7006) The compact kitchen in Molly Williams’ jewel box 1890 Charlotte, North Carolina, home feels more comfortably airy thanks to the cabinet color, which warmly balances Magnolia’s French Ticking wallpaper that covers the upper reaches of the walls.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
Soaring walls of windows make the home feel like a veritable jewel box that frames cinematic views of the mountain landscape.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
Still, there were vacant or largely vacant flagship properties — the Gothic jewel box at 281 Park Avenue that Fotografiska, its sole tenant, left eight years before the end of its lease.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024
The club has two spaces: a members’ lounge with a state-of-the-art locker room and the private jewel box bar Falcon Room.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2025
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
Soaring walls of windows make the home feel like a veritable jewel box that frames cinematic views of the mountain landscape.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
Still, there were vacant or largely vacant flagship properties — the Gothic jewel box at 281 Park Avenue that Fotografiska, its sole tenant, left eight years before the end of its lease.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024
The club has two spaces: a members’ lounge with a state-of-the-art locker room and the private jewel box bar Falcon Room.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jewel box
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One snuffbox had been a present for George V on his 55th birthday in 1920 while the other featured 3,000 diamonds and was bought by Queen Mary in 1932 for £1,000, the equivalent in modern money of around $75,000 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
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The snuffbox is the most widespread of the Epioblasma genus of mussels.—
Jennifer Dixon,
Detroit Free Press,
15 Aug. 2024
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Roughly the size of hatboxes, these access points would be unlike ordinary cellular base stations.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Mar. 2014
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On the floor is a hatbox from a hat shop in London.—
Sloane Crosley,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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That would play well in the bandbox that is Yankee Stadium and behind an infield defense that ranked 12th in Outs Above Average last season.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
24 Sep. 2019
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The Havocs are closer to a full 50 percent in a bandbox with a lower ceiling that contains, even amplifies, noise.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Dec. 2023
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Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2024
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Bally’s began driving foundational caissons into the ground in February, with the permanent casino targeted for a September 2026 opening, the company said.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, a great deal of time and effort is spent trying to explain how caissons work and the difficulties of digging through the East River bed.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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Nigeria, on track to become more populous than China by the end of the century, could turn central Africa into a tinderbox.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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After almost a year of a brutal war with Hamas in Gaza, Israel is at the center of a tinderbox of multiple, interrelated Middle East conflicts.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
12 Sep. 2024
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Bruce Springsteen is really throwing open the vaults for his upcoming Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Apr. 2025
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And while his studio albums and official releases have formed one of the most celebrated discographies in rock history, many have known that there’s a mountain of unreleased music sitting in the vaults.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Rarely did Ed McCaffrey open up his safe-deposit box to show off his Super Bowl rings, having also won with the 1997 and ’98 Denver Broncos.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2024
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An appeals court finds the FBI did violate rights of some Beverly Hills safe-deposit box holders.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2024
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“Jewel box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jewel%20box. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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