as in stashing
the placing of something out of sight
the caching of holiday gifts in the weeks before Christmas
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as in storing
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 concealing
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 caching
Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Last week’s CopyFail exploited faulty page caching in the authencesn AEAD template process, which is used for IPsec extended sequence numbers.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Why Squirrels Are Attracted to Bulbs Squirrels are food-caching animals, meaning their strategy is to find and store high-calorie foods to sustain them through winter.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 20 Apr. 2026
Performance is handled through LiteSpeed servers with built-in caching and optimization.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Multiple programs and projects face the axe, including the Mars Sample Return Mission, which is currently underway, with the Perseverance rover caching rock and soil samples that a later spacecraft would fly to Mars and collect.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
The new chip has a second-generation caching architecture that helps to double its ability to do math, the company said.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
For gaming, the new M4 iPad offers dynamic caching and real-time ray tracing, so graphics in graphically intensive games will look better, and run at a higher frame rate.
—Ben Sin, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
In the nineteen-eighties, scientists found that food-caching species have larger hippocampi than other species.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
Squirrels, other rodents and a variety of birds typically do the caching, storing the acorns to be eaten later when conditions soften the outer shell.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
For video professionals, the system can support real-time editing, caching and playback of multiple 8K RAW video sources.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Last week’s CopyFail exploited faulty page caching in the authencesn AEAD template process, which is used for IPsec extended sequence numbers.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Why Squirrels Are Attracted to Bulbs Squirrels are food-caching animals, meaning their strategy is to find and store high-calorie foods to sustain them through winter.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 20 Apr. 2026
Performance is handled through LiteSpeed servers with built-in caching and optimization.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Multiple programs and projects face the axe, including the Mars Sample Return Mission, which is currently underway, with the Perseverance rover caching rock and soil samples that a later spacecraft would fly to Mars and collect.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
The new chip has a second-generation caching architecture that helps to double its ability to do math, the company said.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
For gaming, the new M4 iPad offers dynamic caching and real-time ray tracing, so graphics in graphically intensive games will look better, and run at a higher frame rate.
—Ben Sin, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
In the nineteen-eighties, scientists found that food-caching species have larger hippocampi than other species.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caching
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Researchers believe some kind of ritual marked this massive deposit, as the feasting and decorative objects might correspond to an event that might have propelled the stashing away of these astonishing artifacts, as per Heritage Daily.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Rams have 10 picks in this year’s draft, and that’s too many for any team, but especially one that has been drafting and stashing players after the first round for a few years.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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To get your produce nice and dry before storing it in the fridge, use your trusty salad spinner to toss off any excess moisture.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
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An explosion at a building believed to be storing explosives in northeastern Myanmar killed at least 46 people and injured dozens more, according to rescuers and others, flattening homes near the border with China.—
Grant Peck,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Missing evidence raises the question of whether that will be grounds to dismiss the pending criminal case against a couple charged with allegedly using their two massage parlors as a front for prostitution, while concealing massive amounts of cash from taxes.—
Christin Lazerus,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Shoplifting by concealing merchandise.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
26 May 2026
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But there's a cost hiding in plain sight on nearly every shop floor—one that rarely appears on a P&L, never gets its own line item in an operations review and compounds quietly across every shift, every programmer and every day.—
Russ Bukowski,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Deputies later found Aranda hiding in a nearby bush and arrested him without further incident.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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The Rams, owned by title-hoarding Stan Kroenke, are the betting favorites to win the Super Bowl this season, and the game is scheduled for their home venue, SoFi Stadium.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
22 May 2026
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Any profits made, GAESA keeps, hoarding money away from Cuba's central bank and funneling it back to the military ruling class.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Moore held the oversized panels around her arms with white opera gloves, creating a rounded couture shape that framed the green dress rather than burying it.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
24 May 2026
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Amid the chaos, Rai found a father burying his infant child, no more than a year or two old, in the shallow dirt.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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The secretions plug up pathways, especially in the lungs and pancreas.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
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More Research is Needed While some studies show promise, more research is needed to determine how the results translate to humans and which other compounds in asparagus may contribute to improved insulin sensitivity and secretion.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
18 May 2026
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Online court records indicate that Donald Ray Pennington is charged with second-degree murder and concealment of a deceased human body.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
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The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is a launcher mounted on the back of a military truck that can be rapidly brought out from concealment, fire its rockets, then move quickly to a new location to avoid counter-battery fire.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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“Caching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caching. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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