Definition of strongboxnext
as in vault
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe keeps her jewelry in a strongbox

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Recent Examples of strongbox Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination. Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home. Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023 By August 3, Bitcoin had rebounded by 15% to $23,300, raising the value of MicroStrategy’s strongbox by around $400 million. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 By the time the duke and a boat containing his strongbox of memoirs and political documents were loaded, only one other boat was able to escape. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 June 2022 Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left. John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020 Police were called and found that two rings were missing from the master closet, where a strongbox had been moved and pried open. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strongbox
Noun
  • The jewels are in a secure vault with no windows, President of the Louvre Museum Christophe Leribault said, per ABC News.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • One of Costa Rica’s oldest colonial towns, Esparza served as a treasure vault for the vast haul transported across the Spanish Empire.
    Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Borg and another unidentified suspect were seen on video breaking into a district building in Challenger Drive in Alameda and making off with two safes, according to police.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
  • How to stay smoke-safe According to AccuWeather, people are encouraged to limit time outdoors amid the poor air quality, especially those in sensitive groups.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • These aren’t just wins for Kyiv’s coffers, or for its ability to wreak fresh havoc on Russian targets.
    Thomas Nagorski, Time, 27 July 2026
  • The 10 other Democrats in the race each reported raising less than $100,000 last quarter and having less than $100,000 in their campaign coffers.
    Matthew Kelly July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

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“Strongbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongbox. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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