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as in reserves
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 stashes
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 stores
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 conceals
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 caches
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 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
If origin servers go down or are slow, edge caches can still serve stale content temporarily.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The gray hoards his food, making caches of acorns and other nuts or burying them in the ground.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
Michael Eisenberg, the leader of the excavation, said the hoard is one of the largest Byzantine-era caches found on dry land in Israel.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 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
If origin servers go down or are slow, edge caches can still serve stale content temporarily.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The gray hoards his food, making caches of acorns and other nuts or burying them in the ground.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
After placing supply caches the previous summer, John and his friends Alexander Drummond and Peter Vanderwall began in mid-March with newfangled fiberglass nordic skis and a pole-free tent that John sewed himself.
—Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caches
Noun
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Carefree can afford to lose its NIA water without resorting to groundwater reserves, according to Crane, but cuts in its M&I water could force the town to draw on its savings.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Institute for the Study of War think tank suggested that Russia is unlikely to have the reserves to exploit Pokrovsk's potential fall to advance rapidly to seize more of the Donbas region.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The video also did not show any large or clear stashes of drugs inside the boat.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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In the case of the two bridges in Russia, the Ukrainian military found out about the stashes of mines and used it to its own advantage.—
Svitlana Vlasova,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Researchers also highlighted that the key to improving batteries is increasing the amount of active material — the component that stores energy and impacts battery performance — in the electrodes.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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The website never sees or stores it.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bedsure Twin Heated Blanket With a fleece top and faux shearling backing, the blanket’s thick fabric conceals the wires, giving it the feel of a cozy throw rather than a typical heated blanket.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Her go-to is the Madison Reed Radiant Hair Color Kit, a $35 at-home hair color box that conceals 100 percent of stubborn grays and enhances shine.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The food bank provides food and other supplies for the pets of senior citizens, low-income families, people with disabilities or terminal illnesses, veterans, and homeless community members.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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When state media broadcasts funerals for fighters killed in Syria or Yemen while Iran’s hospitals lack basic supplies, the disconnect between rhetoric and reality becomes glaring.—
Kamran Talattof,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As hoards are often buried with other remains, archaeologists have dispatched teams to investigate.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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Now, more than ever, social media serves as a critical entry point for hoards of new fans.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And while Americans’ overall ideological self-identification looks stable in the aggregate (37% very conservative/conservative, 34% moderate, 25% very liberal/liberal), a January 2025 Gallup poll shows that this steadiness hides tectonic tensions tugging beneath the surface.—
Robert T.F. Downes,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2026
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Now, Scieszka’s debut filters Tuck Everlasting-esque immortality through the social media age—examining how someone hides their eternal lifespan from facial recognition technology and venture capitalists looking to capitalize upon family property and the ultimate anti-aging secrets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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Silgranit sinks can be cleaned with a mixture of dish soap and vinegar, which will need to sit for at least an hour if there are any hard water deposits before being rinsed and dried.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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The new mineral deposits fuse with existing tissue to form what is essentially new enamel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Caches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caches. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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