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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
Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
One person was arrested at the scene once the warrant was served, and a bomb squad was called in to investigate the fireworks cache, an officer said.
—City News Service, Daily News, 28 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.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
One person was arrested at the scene once the warrant was served, and a bomb squad was called in to investigate the fireworks cache, an officer said.
—City News Service, Daily News, 28 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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Multiple items of evidence were also stored incorrectly—including Tate’s phone, which was left lying around the station while the case stalled.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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By storing more energy within the same weight, future semi-solid-state batteries could help increase vehicle range without requiring larger battery packs.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 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
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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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New York — One of the biggest mysteries of the global economy is why the oil market has remained so calm during one of the greatest supply shocks in history.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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With the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively closed, global oil supplies continue to tighten, and any further deterioration in the situation could send prices sharply higher.—
Miami Herald Staff Report,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
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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 14 Jun. 2026.
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