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Recent Examples of hope chest
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.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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
My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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
My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hope chest
Noun
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Included in the sale are ADA-compliant plans for an 848-square-foot accessory dwelling unit, with caissons already in place with street access from above.—
Sandra Barrera,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
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In 2024, Bally’s had to relocate the 34-story hotel tower, which was moved to the south end of the casino after it was determined that driving caissons into the ground might damage municipal water management infrastructure pipes along the river.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For fans of those cultish works, which had their heyday around the time Refn was growing up and discovering them for himself, Her Private Hell plays like a nostalgic jewel box that literally looks like it was shot inside of a jewel box.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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The spa Le Jardin, the resort’s transportive jewel box of a spa tucked away in a verdant garden, warrants a visit.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Kara Seiter helped the Sundevils win the optional vault title to place fourth in the all-around.—
Breven Honda,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Also like Hyperliquid, Variational’s trading app Omni offers a vault of assets that act as a counterparty to user trades, called Omni Liquidity Provider, or OLP.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Another is Le Club 55, a simple beach canteen on Pampelonne Beach during the filming of And God Created Woman, but now a center of gravity for royalty (both showbiz and actual) visiting Saint‑Tropez.—
Nick Scott,
Robb Report,
17 May 2026
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Unapologetic Foods is both name and mantra of the restaurant group behind this brash canteen anchoring one end of the Essex Market.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Noun
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This bag has an enormous main compartment that can hold bulky clothing items, a laptop compartment that keeps electronics tidy and folds down flat for easy packing, and multiple front-access pockets packed with slots of all shapes and sizes.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2026
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This Samsonite style has a sleek design, a padded laptop compartment, and an expandable water bottle pocket.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.—
David Grann,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
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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,
Washington Post,
16 Sep. 2017
Noun
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Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Hope chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hope%20chest. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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