keyhole

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Recent Examples of keyhole Advertisement To open each safe deposit box in the vault, the thieves invented a device that hooks into the keyhole and then uses leverage to bend the deadbolt so the door pops open. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Aug. 2025 This solid wood design has a keyhole feature equipped to support anyone who prefers to put their jackets on an actual hanger, as well as a few pegs that are ideal for keeping your baseball cap collection in order. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025 This maxi dress has a flirty tie-front design that creates a keyhole opening, while the contrasting stripes add dimension. Emily Weaver, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025 This leads to much screaming and protestations among the new season 27 cast members… as well as a mysterious keyhole flipping down on a desk. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for keyhole
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Noun
  • The Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails Finally, a speakeasy that actually uses an old-timey sliding peephole!
    Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The second, on the other hand, is still pure Bromley — an unfussy playpen of clean lines, natural materials, and unexpected moments of fun, like a catwalk over the living room and a peephole window into a bathroom.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Many specialize in just one part of the production process, such as cutting collars, sleeves or buttonholes, said Giuseppe, while the most skilled are able to work on all parts of the garments.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • While most of the seven buttons at the bottom were well-placed, six buttonholes showed loose threads upon close inspection.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The system revives the centuries-old concept of pinhole imaging.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Aceclidine, a pupil-selective miotic, works without significantly stimulating the focusing (ciliary) muscle, creating a pinhole effect – which improves near vision without adverse outcomes seen in Vuity.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Drivers heading north out of Miami will want to avoid Interstate 95 as the cleanup continues from a multicar crash that had shut down all main line northbound lanes near the Northwest 81st Street entrance.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Liberty season-ticket holders receive a discount at the team store, have a separate entrance at games, and can pay for their tickets on a 12-month plan.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 4 July 2021
Noun
  • While flying a shuttlecraft, she gets sucked into a wormhole and crashes onto a barren moon.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • No one wants to give up on Erica, especially Uhura, who devises a plan to send another shuttle through the wormhole to rescue Erica.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Battery systems based on it are also potentially safer (less prone to thermal runaway, may handle punctures better).
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In his career to date, the Danish-Norwegian director has often pivoted between realism and moments where irony and the surreal puncture the everyday.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ksamil Beach 7 is lined with chaise loungers available for rent, while Bora Bora Beach, a calm and small inlet, is especially popular with families.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Barely long enough to cover its air inlet, a power supply dust filter slides out the back of the case through a notch in its one-piece rear foot.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Keyhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keyhole. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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