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Recent Examples of hatbox
The flowers in question come in two sizes and arrive inside a golden hatbox that’s bound to elevate the looks of any room it’s placed in.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 Jan. 2026
Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 12 June 2025
On the floor is a hatbox from a hat shop in London.
—Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The ghost was intended to be an opening day character whose head disappeared before guests’ eyes then reappeared in a hatbox in his hand.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
Stephen and Elizabeth burst in carrying a hatbox with the trilby in it.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 Jan. 2026
Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 12 June 2025
On the floor is a hatbox from a hat shop in London.
—Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The ghost was intended to be an opening day character whose head disappeared before guests’ eyes then reappeared in a hatbox in his hand.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
Stephen and Elizabeth burst in carrying a hatbox with the trilby in it.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatbox
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The Pinnacle's importance to emerging, independent-minded, hard-touring country acts To the untrained eye, The Pinnacle is a raw bandbox that feels like a split-level airplane hangar where superstars play pop music.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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As for the transplanted Tucker, playing home games at Wrigley Field, a notorious bandbox, should help raise his value.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The four species intended to benefit are rayed bean (Villosa fabalis), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), and spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta).—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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One snuffbox had been a present for George V on his 55th birthday in 1920 while the other featured 3,000 diamonds and was bought by Queen Mary in 1932 for £1,000, the equivalent in modern money of around $75,000 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Marina Bay Sands’ newest culinary gem is a jewel box in the sky.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Place pattern all over Don’t underestimate the power of pattern in creating a jewel box like effect in a small laundry room.—
Lindsey Mather,
Architectural Digest,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The shape and size would fit easily under your plane seat or in the overhead compartment for your next trip, too.—
Olivia Dubyak,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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The attendant and one of the passengers worked together at prying open the baggage compartment door while the other passenger crawled around the floor, searching in the thick smoke for a cellphone to try to use as a flashlight, according to the statement transcripts.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His coffin was carried home on the Cotton Belt rail line to Rector, where he is buried.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Apr. 2026
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Flowers are thrown over the coffin of journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed in an Israeli strike on April 22, 2026, as mourners carry it during her funeral in Baisariyeh, Lebanon, April 23, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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They were found in a basement vault big enough to walk into, authorities said.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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As the video demonstrates, von Ensingen’s drawing (not in the show, alas) collapses all the levels, complete with stairs, setbacks, vaults, and columns, onto a single plane.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In isolation, against a white background that is actually overcast sky, a hook or a caisson or a sheaf of rebar appears sculptural, abstract, exquisite.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Hitchcock recalled a day during the summer of 2007 when the cannon, now on its caisson and a moveable platform, was tested on the event level of Nationwide Arena, just beyond the ice-resurfacer entrance.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Hatbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatbox. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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