in storage

phrase

: 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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Throw in a solid 16GB of RAM and a generous 1TB SSD, and this computer ensures loading is snappy and that dredging up files from deep in storage doesn’t take long at all. Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026 The trouble is that context is a loose word, loose enough that companies that operate in storage, databases, business intelligence, observability, data protection, governance, security and business applications can all claim to sell it. Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 The samples remained in storage until the 1990s, when a researcher unearthed them. News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026 Developers’ interest and responsibility ends once they’re cleared to start construction, and uncounted troves of material across the state languish in storage, some in private hands. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for in storage

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“In storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20storage. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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