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as in stored
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 buried
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 cached
There was also a supply of gas cached at the campsite.
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Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
The data on genomes that are cached in the museum will be open-sourced, providing researchers and geneticists around the world with information on all 10,000 species, in pursuit of conservation or de-extinction projects similar to what Colossal achieved with the dire wolf.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
The team cached model weights on network file storage rather than downloading them from external repositories, reducing model loading time by 10-15%.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
This prevents session hijacking if the system keeps tokens cached.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
The data on genomes that are cached in the museum will be open-sourced, providing researchers and geneticists around the world with information on all 10,000 species, in pursuit of conservation or de-extinction projects similar to what Colossal achieved with the dire wolf.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
The team cached model weights on network file storage rather than downloading them from external repositories, reducing model loading time by 10-15%.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
This prevents session hijacking if the system keeps tokens cached.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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The suspects were arrested on March 10 after authorities found them in possession of 1,948 garden ants stored in specialized tubes, along with an additional 300 ants in tissue rolls.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Platforms would be barred from using information collected and stored in the age assurance system, or in appeals, for anything but age assurance, and would have to delete the information within 10 days of an age determination or appeal resolution, per the bill text.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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Yet there’s very little drama in Gowin’s pictures, and any plot is sketchy or buried.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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The new picture also captures shadowy fractures and pits that hint at large volumes of water ice still buried beneath the surface, as well as numerous impact craters surrounded by the detritus of their own explosive formation.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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Then, to conceal the heist, apparently, the couple stashed the greasy plates behind decorative planters, the blog noted.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Traditionally with Lamborghini, this means composite panels that can be stashed in the car’s frunk.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
16 Apr. 2026
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Corey Elliott concealed his face leaving federal court in Boston on Tuesday after he was arrested on dogfighting charges.—
Juli McDonald,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Following an alert from a canine team, officers found 44 packages of cocaine concealed within the vehicle’s doors, back seat and rear quarter panels during a physical inspection.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Cached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cached. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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