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as in reserve
a collection of things kept available for future use or need
a cache of medical supplies in case of emergency
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as in stash
a supply stored up and often hidden away
the squirrel kept a cache of nuts in the hollow of the tree
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as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor
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as in to conceal
to put into a hiding place
cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada
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Recent Examples of cache
Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
Trump returned Friday to his on-and-off demand for the removal of the cache as part of a deal.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
There was also a supply of gas cached at the campsite.
—Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Trump returned Friday to his on-and-off demand for the removal of the cache as part of a deal.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
Trump returned Friday to his on-and-off demand for the removal of the cache as part of a deal.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Verb
Performance is handled through LiteSpeed servers with built-in caching and optimization.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
There was also a supply of gas cached at the campsite.
—Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cache
Noun
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All that after beginning the 2025-26 campaign as a reserve behind rookie Ryan Kalkbrenner.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2026
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While Amazon has not explicitly detailed the precise destination for every dollar, TechCrunch said the loan underscores that tech giants are aggressively burning through unprecedented cash reserves to survive the artificial intelligence arms race.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
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Squirrels dig in pots to bury food or search for hidden stashes in loose soil.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
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Protect Other Bathroom Items In small bathrooms, your entire makeup stash might be an inch away from tumbling into the toilet.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2026
Verb
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That's why making noise, storing food properly and carrying accessible bear spray remain your best defenses.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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The only opposition came from James Eadie, a licensed pyrotechnic operator, who said hobby rocket users could have difficulty complying with the bill because many local governments do not have permitting processes for storing small quantities of rocket motors.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Located in a region with a rich mining history, the mine was worked in the 1880s before being concealed when the hillside was blasted down.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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It is further alleged that the accused were able to conceal the situation by not allowing the minor access to medical appointments and removing them from church activities, Our Quad Cities reports, citing the affidavits.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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Its cash hoard of $1 billion will cover less than a year of those payments.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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While New York’s 2026 World Cup games are technically in New Jersey, the city is gearing up for a hoard of tourists and soccer fans during the international soccer tournament.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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This automatically measures the distance between the edges of the folding panels, uses sensors to detect offsets and recalibrates the brightness of adjacent LEDs to hide the tiny slot.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
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Achieving it in reality would be brutally hard because the target moves, hides, jams, uses decoys, and fights back.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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Ships loaded with crude oil have been stranded in the Persian Gulf for more than three months, unable to safely travel through the waterway, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and gasoline supplies typically traveled before the war began.—
Cathy Bussewitz,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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The sanctions hit individuals and organizations involved in the manufacturing and supply of drones and other military equipment to Russian forces.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Islamic law requires the deceased to be buried as soon as possible, and ideally within 24 hours of death, but exceptions are allowed, for example in time of war.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 June 2026
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He’ll be buried there at the Imam Reza Shrine, considered the holiest place among Shiite devotees.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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“Cache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cache. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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