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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
Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Jon Stanley, currently a senior data scientist at Geocaching HQ, didn’t start searching for caches right away.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
Ari Koeppel, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
The cat returned several times when the massive 115-pound female mother snake was gone, snacking on eggs and caching the nest.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
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Noun
The government publicized evidence of the plot, including a cache of weapons that had been found.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Jon Stanley, currently a senior data scientist at Geocaching HQ, didn’t start searching for caches right away.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Perseverance rover is already caching rock and soil samples, including ones hosting organic compounds, in sealed tubes.
—Ari Koeppel, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
The cat returned several times when the massive 115-pound female mother snake was gone, snacking on eggs and caching the nest.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cache
Noun
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Las Vegas’ Game 1 three-point victory was fueled by its stellar reserves as guards Jewell Loyd and Dana Evans combined to score 39 points.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The design calls for battery energy storage systems to handle short-term fluctuations with millisecond response, while hydrogen reserves provide long-duration, seasonal backup through fuel cells and turbines.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This duffel bag fits perfectly under airplane seats and has a spacious main compartment to fit extra clothes and shoes, plus convenient stash pockets and pouches for my passport, wallet, and in-flight essentials like my headphones and portable charger.—
Emily Belfiore,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
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At the end of that episode, Grasso calls Tom to tell him about the hit on the Dark Hearts stash house, seemingly because Grasso got called in by them and ended up being first on the scene before other cops.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Single service handles not stored facing one direction to minimize hand contact with the business end or with the handle facing upright.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rachel's wedding dress is currently being cleaned, and then will be stored in hopes of future use.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The creamy, ultra-pigmented formula contains caffeine and hyaluronic acid to depuff the under eyes, conceal dark under eye circles, and blur fine lines and wrinkles.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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Some incarcerated men even accused officers of sending people to the SHU to conceal their own abuses.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The hoard consists of hundreds of gold and silver coins, along with a small horse figurine and bronze clasps, officials said in a press release translated from Czech into English.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Berkshire is sitting on a record cash hoard of $344 billion.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In addition to being faster and scalable, fiber doesn’t hide metals worth extracting and reselling.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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Turns out, Kelce was hiding more than just nerves.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The improved profitability came as Beijing intensified efforts to rein in excess supply and aggressive price wars that had hurt companies' bottom line.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Spotify said that advertisers using Yahoo DSP can access the Spotify Ad Exchange via a new direct integration that lets advertisers improve audience addressability across Spotify supply through Yahoo ConnectID.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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All three of the boot styles, alongside a product manifest and brand artifacts — all buried in a container designed to withstand the elements, much like its contents.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Later, the researchers send in ultrasonic waves when the same object is hidden in a complex environment, such as a steel ball buried in sand.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Cache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cache. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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