caching 1 of 2

as in stashing
the placing of something out of sight the caching of holiday gifts in the weeks before Christmas

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caching

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verb

present participle of cache
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Recent Examples of caching
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
Third, watch inference optimization, caching, compression and orchestration platforms. Dr. Suresh Rajappa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Super frugal use of memory bandwidth, caching exactly what is needed & squeezing microseconds out of everything are needed to maintain the frame rate. Jack Ewing, New York Times, 2 June 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caching
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Easy-to-assemble with no tools needed, easy-to-use, and easy-to-clean, plus the box is made specifically for storing the lazy Susan turntable quickly and easily after meals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Kyiv has accused the e-commerce giant — which employs thousands of people and has become a key part of the economy — of storing drone parts and helping the Russian army.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That sentence is an umbrella concealing a whole lot of other details, however.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors alleged Burke then placed the remains in a black cadaver bag and a garbage bag before concealing them in the front trunk of his Tesla.
    Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Fuelled by unhinged online hate and anti-Israel extremism, total violent hate crimes skyrocketed by 97% since 2022, forcing terrified Jewish communities around the world into hiding.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • Those tactics may help in some situations, but hiding experience is not a long-term career strategy.
    Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Los Angeles sued its longtime fundraising partner in 2024, accusing GLAZA of breaching agreements and hoarding zoo data and funds.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • Retirement savers are hoarding cash Retirement savers also reported keeping a sizeable share of their savings in cash, a choice that bespeaks mistrust in financial markets.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Still, the company says that isn't stopping them from burying miles of line across the state.
    Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Some say that this is partly because both miners and coal companies deliberately hid these figures, secretly burying their dead in the mountains, so as not to show weakness to the enemy.
    Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Several studies have found that snail mucus secretions can kill bacteria and prevent skin infections from worsening, especially when applied to wounds.
    Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 July 2026
  • The hormone stimulates insulin secretion, suppresses glucagon—preventing the hormone from causing the liver to release too much sugar into the bloodstream —and slows gastric emptying.
    Liz Seegert, Scientific American, 19 July 2026
Noun
  • Leroy Allen Loper, 54, has been charged with felony murder, first degree kidnapping, and concealment of a death by trying to destroy human remains, officials said.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • But conspiracy theories can transform the absence of evidence into evidence of concealment.
    Art Jipson, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

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“Caching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caching. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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