hope chest

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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. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025 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. 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 The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest. NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020 The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest. NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020 The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest. NBC News, 5 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hope chest
Noun
  • Soldiers from the caisson detachment in blue jeans, black shirts and white cowboy hats mucked out stalls.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • The caisson horses in service before the pause have been rehabilitated and retired, and since then, the Army has procured 46 horses.
    Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But his fans know that within all the jewel box recreations, symmetrical framing, and pastel details, are films full of pathos.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
  • Located at 673 Madison, the corner jewel box store, formerly occupied by Aaron Basha, is neighbored by Michael Kors, Tom Ford, and Van Cleef & Arpels to the north.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The moment a secret is used—in a script, an API call or a pipeline—the vault loses all visibility and control.
    Ofir Har-Chen, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Those do-it-all performances are the types of games that vault teams into the NBA Finals and players into superstardom.
    Eric Nehm, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • At his new prison, inmates can buy their own razors and nail clippers from the canteen.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • One of the cooks from the canteen where my mum had worked came by.
    Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Priya Swaminathan, 45, got into an argument with a Delta flight attendant June 1 when she was told to place her bag in the overhead compartment, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport police said in a probable cause statement filed June 2.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
  • The front panel pulls free to reveal the dust bag and the detergent compartment.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Examples are money, unclaimed insurance proceeds and items in safe-deposit boxes.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
  • Rarely did Ed McCaffrey open up his safe-deposit box to show off his Super Bowl rings, having also won with the 1997 and ’98 Denver Broncos.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024

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“Hope chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hope%20chest. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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