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Recent Examples of lockbox
Hallorann, now plagued by aggrieved spirits after opening his mental lockbox, sees a headless ghost slouching towards him through the flames.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
Seeing his distress, his grandmother taught him how to keep unwanted spirits in a mental lockbox, and now that Pennywise has opened it, he’s once again surrounded by ghosts.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
In episode 5, Dick Hallorann (Chris Chalk) delves into his traumatic past, when his grandfather Andy (Andrew Moodie) breaks open his lockbox of negative psychic memories.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Various extra items are also included with each pack, such as a tent, sleeping bag, rain poncho, radio, flashlight, ID card, socks, lockbox, hygiene kit, water bottle, and an informational brochure listing 15 local partnering services.
—New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
Seeing his distress, his grandmother taught him how to keep unwanted spirits in a mental lockbox, and now that Pennywise has opened it, he’s once again surrounded by ghosts.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
In episode 5, Dick Hallorann (Chris Chalk) delves into his traumatic past, when his grandfather Andy (Andrew Moodie) breaks open his lockbox of negative psychic memories.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Various extra items are also included with each pack, such as a tent, sleeping bag, rain poncho, radio, flashlight, ID card, socks, lockbox, hygiene kit, water bottle, and an informational brochure listing 15 local partnering services.
—New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lockbox
Noun
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Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Players from all over were enticed by the Raiders, who opened up the coffers to land key free agent additions, including linebackers Quay Walker and Nakobe Dean.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The middle class expanded, with people landing good-paying jobs that resulted in higher tax revenue for state coffers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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Put all hard copies in a safe-deposit box or keep them at a separate property, or store all documentation in the cloud (never hurts to do both!).—
Janet Arzt,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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My dad’s footlocker did not survive the flood, but many of its contents suffered only minor damage.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 July 2025
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The work is carried out in three gray wooden boxes the size of footlockers that house the colony.—
Corey Kilgannon,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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When authorities served a search warrant at his home, agents found an AK-47, a shotgun and 10 firearms in a safe.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The President, in a three-piece suit, was there to open the safe.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The emails ask the user to take some kind of action, such as disconnecting or locking their vault.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Secure the precious metal properly Private vault facilities for gold storage offer enhanced features such as advanced security measures and comprehensive insurance coverage specifically designed for precious metals.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Door Not Closed Hoelz is not totally convinced that this is a nail in the coffin for the gel model.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds of people stepped forward as the coffins were carried toward the cemetery for burial.—
Fadwa Hodali,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Lockbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lockbox. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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