SQUIRRELED (AWAY) Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

squirreled (away)

verb

variants or squirrelled (away)

past tense of squirrel (away)

as in stored

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place squirreled the information away for future reference

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In other words, Ray-Ban Meta glasses take photos and record video, which is stored on your phone.

— Victoria Song, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
Culver City voted last month to set rules around robotaxi fleet services that dictate where and when the vehicles can be charged, stored and cleaned.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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The bar is lower than the basement room Luann got stashed in at Ramona’s Hamptons house.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
In previous court filings, prosecutors said Rush stashed roughly $46 million worth of gold bars from the federal government at his Virginia home.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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At the center of that decision was a memo put by Noem requiring that every contract above $100,000 must be personally signed off by her.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
More than twice as many Palantir calls traded than puts by volume Monday, with traders buying 56,000 calls and fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

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