as in hoard
a supply stored up and often hidden away
keeps a stash of tissues in her desk in case anyone needs one
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as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
stashed the extra antifreeze in the trunk of the car
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Recent Examples of stash
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Her childhood neighbor makes dog bandanas, so Larkin asked if her neighbor could make several for the shop using fabric from her mother’s personal fabric stash.
—Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
Stay tuned, and stash him now if possible.
—Greg Jewett, New York Times, 21 May 2026
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Noun
In the film, a narcotics team in Miami discovers millions in cash hidden inside a drug cartel stash house during a raid.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Her childhood neighbor makes dog bandanas, so Larkin asked if her neighbor could make several for the shop using fabric from her mother’s personal fabric stash.
—Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Verb
Mix it up, stash it in the beach cooler, and grab a bag of chips.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
Stay tuned, and stash him now if possible.
—Greg Jewett, New York Times, 21 May 2026
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The hoard was found in a field near Rena, about 18 miles north of Elverum in southeastern Norway, according to an announcement from the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History (KHM).—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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There are some companies sitting on a cash hoard that have Wall Street’s stamp of approval.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Engineers had to come up with their own substitutes for some of the basic tools that other developers use to store code, launch websites, and set up servers.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Then the samples sat in an incubator for over 1,000 days, as the researchers focused on their other experiments into how microbes process and store carbon in soil.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
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“Stash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stash. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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