in storage
idiom
: in a place where things can be kept safely when they are not being used
He kept his belongings in storage until he found an apartment.
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By 2022, several members had moved on; the instruments were in storage after the practice space had been shuttered.
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Danielle Dowling, New York Times, 23 May 2024
Art museums have been compared to icebergs, with the imposing tip of their collections on permanent view, while a larger mass is necessarily submerged in storage most of the time, turning up in exhibitions temporarily.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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Danielle Dowling, New York Times, 23 May 2024
Art museums have been compared to icebergs, with the imposing tip of their collections on permanent view, while a larger mass is necessarily submerged in storage most of the time, turning up in exhibitions temporarily.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“In storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20storage. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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