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Recent Examples of peephole
But that peephole field of vision was nothing compared to what Cernan now had.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
The man looked out his peephole and saw Gieske and heard the noise of someone shaking a lighter fluid can.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
The Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails Finally, a speakeasy that actually uses an old-timey sliding peephole!
—Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Lucy had been watching Helen for some weeks, on tip-toes, her eye pressed to the peephole.
—Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
The man looked out his peephole and saw Gieske and heard the noise of someone shaking a lighter fluid can.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
The Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails Finally, a speakeasy that actually uses an old-timey sliding peephole!
—Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Lucy had been watching Helen for some weeks, on tip-toes, her eye pressed to the peephole.
—Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peephole
Noun
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Breakout star Moily took home Best World Artist in a lavender lace-up corset dress, complete with a keyhole cutout just beneath the bust.—
Essence,
Essence,
27 Mar. 2026
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Jenner shared her Oscars look first on social media, sharing a video of herself Sunday in a Schiaparelli gown featuring a halter neck and keyhole cutout below the chest.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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Instead of dotting the same black scrim, like pinholes in a two-dimensional theater backdrop, the stars were scattered through space at dramatically varying distances, a vast swarm of them filling every last corner of an even vaster, more numinous, and emphatically three-dimensional darkness.—
Michael Pollan,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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During the same period, some samples featured leather washers, some had tool pockets, and others used hand-sewn buttonholes, among other distinct characteristics.—
Mohsin Sajid,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Dec. 2025
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Maass traced her rounds, dressed in crisp blue-and-white stripes, white muslin cap with a black ribbon, thermometer pushed through a buttonhole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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More generally, the property allows service animals and there are accessible routes from the entrance to accessible rooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden's CherryWatch The garden near the entrance of Prospect Park has its own interactive map with daily updates.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2022
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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
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“Peephole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peephole. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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