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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
an abandoned building that is often used as a den by the city's petty criminals
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Recent Examples of den
Adult males, called boars, are emerging from their dens this month, with females and juvenile bears expected to follow in April and early May.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Off to one side is a den that leads out to another deck, and on the other side of the house is the kitchen with a working fireplace.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Mar. 2025
That led to Steele's favorite part of the home's re-creation, adding a bookshelf to Dawson's den and bringing it back to its original glory.
—Michelle Pemberton, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Pictures of producers setting up in bars, dispensaries, art galleries, and co-working spaces also capture the soul emanating from samplers and the effect this has on repurposed dens.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Off to one side is a den that leads out to another deck, and on the other side of the house is the kitchen with a working fireplace.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Mar. 2025
That led to Steele's favorite part of the home's re-creation, adding a bookshelf to Dawson's den and bringing it back to its original glory.
—Michelle Pemberton, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Pictures of producers setting up in bars, dispensaries, art galleries, and co-working spaces also capture the soul emanating from samplers and the effect this has on repurposed dens.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for den
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The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps by taking the critter back to its lair at the heart of the island, the girl will be able to reconcile the comforts of home with the call of the wild.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Luckily, Matt has enough strength to escape to the Punisher’s (Jon Bernthal) hideout, but Wilson Fisk’s police are on their way.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting against the Japanese occupation for independence in the 1940s.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Paper Wasp nests resemble the shape of an upside-down umbrella.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Siba said the security forces inspected the document, searched the house for weapons and, finding none, told the family to remain inside.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Sierra says that when her parents separated, her dad moved into that small two-bedroom house.—
Natalie Morales, Richard Fetzer,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2025
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In the rocky and sandy terrain of the Arabian peninsula, a dangerous creature lurks just below the surface in a burrow.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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The tortoises seem to be digging their burrows at higher elevations than normal.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Den.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/den. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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