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lockbox

noun

Definition of lockboxnext
as in strongbox

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Recent Examples of lockbox This lockbox is compact enough to fit in a carry-on bag or weekender tote, and has a tethering cable to affix it to a secure object. — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026 As of now, there is no lockbox preventing the diversion of this revenue to … whatever for however long the politicians desire. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 The watch comes with a lockbox containing extensive documentation, including letters between Jack Heuer (then-Heuer CEO) and Nunley, and over 200 archival photographs from the set. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2026 Upgrade Your Front Door Area Your front door is where buyers stand while their agent unlocks the lockbox. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lockbox
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lockbox
  1. strongbox
  2. coffer
  3. safe-deposit box
  4. footlocker
  5. safe
  6. vault
  7. coffin
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of strongbox
Noun
  • The Vatican’s coffers also suffered from investment and currency fluctuations.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That will help, but those interest payments are now draining close to €100m a year from club coffers and potentially headed further north.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of coffer
Noun
  • Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of safe-deposit box
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of footlocker
Noun
  • But Paul Robinson's attorney, Michael DeRiso, said Robinson didn't know what was inside the safe.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Head into the remainder of the year with travel essentials that offer a little extra peace of mind, including luggage locks, portable travel safes, and personal alarms that can help deter pickpockets.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • Pole vault world record holder Mondo Duplantis will be in Hungary, but the highlights are arguably the middle-distance events.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • De Luca said of mining a studio vault for sequels and other franchise material, while also doing original projects.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • But the situation is far more tragic, with videos on social media showing dozens of coffins lined up beside mass graves, awaiting burial before the bodies decompose in the heat.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Wails and moans of grief interspersed the chanting, until the small coffin was lowered into the grave.
    — Victoria Davies, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of coffin

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“Lockbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lockbox. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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