lockboxes

noun

plural of lockbox
as in strongboxes

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  1. safes
  2. coffers
  3. crates
Noun
  • There were no gun safes or locks found during a search of the home, per the outlet.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • The safes had been seized in a pot shop raid, a source within the Sheriff’s Office said.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
Definition of safes
Noun
  • Two Central Florida Congressional candidates who entered crowded races just ahead of the deadline last month have jumpstarted their campaigns by pouring $1 million or more of their own money into their coffers.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • Most candidates aligned with CTU have comparatively smaller campaign coffers — and the union has criticized the involvement of the uber-wealthy in the election.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
Definition of coffers
Noun
  • Sit, who went by the first name Tony, operated Happy K9 Academy and the dogs were in his care when they were kept in crates in a hot van and died, the district attorney’s office said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
  • In a subsequent investigation, authorities found that Sit kept the animals in small crates in a hot van, where the animals died of heat stroke.
    — Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of crates
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