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
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 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
His most recent post included a workout video of caching footballs at a training facility.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Matt Robinson is the Deputy Delivery Manager for the Sample Caching System on the Mars 2020 rover, which covers the robotic arm itself, the drill at the end of the arm, and the sample caching system within the body of the rover that manages the samples.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 July 2019
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Addressing data latency early—via caching, load balancing and streamlined queries—keeps systems responsive and mission-ready.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 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
His most recent post included a workout video of caching footballs at a training facility.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Matt Robinson is the Deputy Delivery Manager for the Sample Caching System on the Mars 2020 rover, which covers the robotic arm itself, the drill at the end of the arm, and the sample caching system within the body of the rover that manages the samples.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caching
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Karen Cahall, who’s taught in the New Richmond Exempted Village School District for 30 years, was suspended without pay for several days last fall when school authorities accused her of storing controversial materials in her classroom library.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Keep your coat closet functional and organized by only storing specific items there.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Instead of concealing them, Ban’s shutters filter light and create privacy—transforming utilitarian design into art.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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Trump faced criminal counts of conspiring to obstruct justice, concealing documents and making false statements.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Jonah escapes and speeds off in a bright yellow Jeep with Tali hiding in the back.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And the kangaroo pouch is great for stashing small essentials.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The bench features two drawers for stashing in-demand items like dog leashes and gloves, and a lower shelf for shoes and bags.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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To not reflect that actually feels like burying your head in the sand.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Mazzulla instructed his assistants — a group that included two ex-NBA players and several former high-level college players — not to take it easy on the overmatched media team, applying a full-court press for nearly the entire game and burying their opponents beneath a barrage of 3-pointers.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The benzoquinones in those secretions are pungent to parasites and mosquitoes, and lemurs sometimes also ingest small amounts, suggesting a mix of topical repellent and internal deworming.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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DeRose-Broeckert also told NDA that both tree sap and buck forehead gland secretions produce strong, unique scents.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One claim, filed in August 2024 and reviewed by The Associated Press, seeks compensatory and punitive damages over the Mar-a-Lago search and subsequent criminal case accusing Trump of hoarding classified records and obstructing efforts to recover them.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The marketing professor provided a different playbook for your money instead of hoarding it in hopes of becoming a billionaire.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their lives were based on concealment and pretense, and my writing is the opposite.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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As Kraus left the interview at the news station, police in Albany arrested him on two counts each of second-degree murder and concealment of a corpse.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Caching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caching. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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