safe-deposit box

as in vault
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe kept the deed to the house in a safe-deposit box at the bank

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Recent Examples of safe-deposit box An appeals court finds the FBI did violate rights of some Beverly Hills safe-deposit box holders. Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 Additionally, Jewelers Mutual offers discounts to policyholders who have home security systems or store their jewelry in safe-deposit boxes at a bank. Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 22 Nov. 2023 Now in development is a revolutionary type of jewelry that could one day relegate the ordinary necklace, bracelet, or brooch to the safe-deposit box of history. Jeffrey Kluger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 The company offers discounts to policyholders with a home security system, a home safe, a gemstone grading report, or storage in a bank vault or safe-deposit box. Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 22 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for safe-deposit box
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Noun
  • Tyce Porcher, Pole vault, King’s Academy junior: Fifth at 2A meet with 4.05m jump; set PR and school record in winning regional meet (4.20m) after returning from injury; also went to state in wrestling and placed in state weightlifting competition.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
  • Fire crews found fire in the electric vault in the basement of the library, according to the Hartford Fire Department.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • In a whirl of confusion, safes are emptied, calls to the police are made, and a gun goes off.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 June 2025
  • While Juice investigates a noise in the other room, Kendall cracks the code and discovers there’s way more than $200,000 in the safe.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • A lot of people have a lot of stereotypical ideas of it and people put me, or put us, in this whole box of Latin America.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 20 June 2025
  • Bigge was leaning on the dugout rail — not far from the left-handed batter's box where Rutschman was stationed — when the ball hit the side of his face.
    Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023

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“Safe-deposit box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safe-deposit%20box. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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