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noun

as in vault
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe the hotel recommended that we keep all our valuables in its safe during our stay

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Recent Examples of safe
Adjective
Indiana deserves safe streets and leadership with the courage to deliver it. Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025 How to identify gluten in beer For people who need to avoid gluten, knowing whether a drink is safe can be tricky. Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
The four kidnappers proceeded to ransack the house for money and expensive items while demanding that Borges and Morais open the safe. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025 Haddad said secure gun safes are available through big-box stores and other retailers. Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for safe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for safe
Adjective
  • Before repurposing, always perform a secure wipe to erase all personal information.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The aim is to help these films secure finishing funds, attract sales agents, secure festival premieres, and establish partnerships.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Typically, these fictional stories explored uncontroversial topics.
    Alex Wermer-Colan, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The tweets appeared to be an attempt to gin up outrage over the formerly uncontroversial bit, at a time when Donald Trump and the chairman of the FCC have been sending ominous messages about their view of the limits on the First Amendment’s right to free speech.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • During the preview, a mischievous group of young diplodocus splash in the water around a pair of kayaking guests, while other juveniles like the triceratops are more cautious in nature, choosing to stick close to their parents.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Dodgers are being cautious.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lawmakers have promised that schools and local governments, which receive a large share of the sales tax revenue the state collects, will be held harmless by the shift.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But plenty of seemingly harmless items contribute to the mess, too.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Public chargers also need to be reliable.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • During the past decade, Tranter has established himself as one of the music industry’s most reliable hitmakers, thanks to his clever, boisterous lyricism and dramatic, over-the-top choruses and hooks.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The company is on track to add thousands of AARP members to its digital vault this year, with the expectation of more than doubling its number of users by 2026.
    Laura Layden, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Once the coffin was brought into the chapel with an honor guard, the archbishop blessed their remains, and each pallbearer was given a box to carry to the burial vault for interment.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the first clip, he can be seen making sure his partner is alright before the two get up to try again.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • First, Netflix received rave reviews and an impressive haul of Emmys for Adolescence, an eerie and unsettling four-part limited series that posited that kids today, young men in particular, are not alright.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Always is going to get positive yards.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In a positive sign, Nunoo was moving his hands and fingers, according to Sutton.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Safe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safe. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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