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Recent Examples of sea chest
Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.
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David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.
—Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.
—Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea chest
Noun
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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
Noun
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Each room has six beds with bedbug-proof mattresses and a footlocker for personal effects.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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His camp trunk, a traveling footlocker, now rests in the Smithsonian.—
Cynthia Greenlee,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2023
Noun
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Historically, rib removal has been performed mainly by thoracic surgeons (who specialize in the chest) to treat fractures, infections, tumors, and other serious medical conditions.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
10 Apr. 2025
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The prosecution's first witnesses included members of the Chandler Fire Department, who described being called to a home in Chandler, Ariz., where Charles Vallow had been shot in the chest.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cut to an old service elevator with a big, black crate sitting at its center.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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An Altair was about the size of an apple crate, with no screen, just lights and switches on the front.—
Monica Nickelsburg,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On a bluff in Pacific Palisades, California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, sit the Eames House and workshop, their rectangular structures nestled between the trunks of century-old eucalyptus trees.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Apr. 2025
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Amidst clips of blooming flowers, ocean waves, and tree trunks, however, eagle-eyed well-wishers also noticed two dogs walking behind a man presumed to be William in the video.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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North Carolina surfer Owen Moss scored $75 from sponsor Got Milk, who was dishing out cold hard cash for winners of each heat as a fun incentive, along with a small carton of chocolate milk.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2025
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Egg prices decline in New York, Midwest and California markets In the New York market, large cartons of eggs declined nearly 2 percent, going to to $3.86 per dozen by the middle of last week, the report states.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The directive instructs them to empty safes containing classified and personnel records and shred as many documents as possible.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Gale allegedly made one victim empty the money from a locked safe, the store’s register and her pocketbook into a bag.—
Rick Sobey,
The Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Similarly, Mount Healthy Junior High School is piloting a program that requires students to place their phones in a lockbox at the start of each core class.—
Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
28 Apr. 2024
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Consider printing it off and storing it in a fireproof lockbox or protecting it using encryption.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sea chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20chest. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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