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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
Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 June 2025
This extraction recovers forensic artifacts showing screen touches, keyboard caches revealing what was typed, application usage data, and notification interaction records.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 May 2025
However, some content that was cached or downloaded in users’ apps like songs and playlists were still accessible.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Digging into Edwards' phone and financial records, investigators uncovered a cache of secret messages and Cash App transactions between Bravo and Edwards.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 June 2025
This extraction recovers forensic artifacts showing screen touches, keyboard caches revealing what was typed, application usage data, and notification interaction records.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Verb
The Mars Sample Return Mission, which is currently underway, with the Perseverance rover collecting and caching soil and rock samples for return by a later robot craft, will be canceled.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 May 2025
However, some content that was cached or downloaded in users’ apps like songs and playlists were still accessible.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cache
Noun
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That’s helped revive an idea long dismissed as fringe: revaluing the government’s gold reserves to raise cash.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Strategic compute reserves could provide emergency capacity during crises, similar to our strategic oil reserve.—
Simeon Bochev,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, straight from Kim’s personal stash to my house in Austin, one came via UPS overnight.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
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After a few days, the team had managed to fill 15 sacks with their concrete stash, and checked them in at the Pan Am counter of Berlin Bradenburg Airport.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When stored properly, an uncut head of cabbage can last up to two months in the fridge.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Aug. 2025
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Also, many jurisdictions mandate that SDS be stored domestically.—
Ihor Hamal,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Beyond medical interventions, many people with FFA use makeup and prosthetic hair pieces to conceal sparse and scarred parts.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
6 Aug. 2025
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The trust premium that sustainability generates comes from transparency, not virtue concealed in spreadsheets.—
Solitaire Townsend,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While Hamas commits atrocities against its own people, uses its children as human shields, hoards humanitarian aid, and starves Israeli hostages like Evyatar David — forcing him to dig his own grave — the international community blames Israel.—
Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
10 Aug. 2025
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Buffett's cash hoard of $344.1 billion remained near a record high.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Extraterrestrial Easter Eggs and Fun Facts – Uncover the references and characters from some of your favorite Pixar films hidden throughout Elio, along with other fun facts.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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From a sniping position, Hughes fired a fatal shot and then walked back to his truck hidden in a nearby field, investigators said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The system had obvious flaws: For one, Hamas accompanied many of the trucks and guarded much of the warehoused supplies, giving the terrorist group open access to the food.—
Seth Mandel,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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Since 2022, Russia’s attempt to conquer Ukraine has relied on Belarus as a staging ground, a training base, and a source of supplies and ammunition.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If a body is here, whoever buried it didn’t bother digging deep, because there’s no fear of getting caught.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Iranians had built a uranium-enrichment facility at Fordo and buried it inside a mountain — nearly 300 feet beneath the surface.—
Yossi Melman,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Cache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cache. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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