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
Tim Graham, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Some hoards represent political instability—a stash stashed away and never recovered.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Valente began plotting the Brown University massacre as early as 2022, renting a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, to stash his weapons.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Beane made trades to maximize his stash, but adding draft picks meant moving back to trawl increasingly shallow waters.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Some hoards represent political instability—a stash stashed away and never recovered.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
It had been wrapped in a towel from someone at the crime scene and stashed away in a police car glove compartment for days, rather than properly stored as evidence.
—Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Valente began plotting the Brown University massacre as early as 2022, renting a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, to stash his weapons.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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Researchers from the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History certified the find and said in a news release on April 29 that the cache of 2,970 silver coins is the largest Viking Age coin hoard in Norwegian history.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Then, as now, those financially required to work for a living actually create the wealth, and the nobility hoard and ultimately weaponize it.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The original parchment was rolled up and stored in the office of the secretary of the Continental Congress, but was then moved around a fair amount during the war—bouncing around towns and cities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey before ending up, in 1785, in New York.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In April, the company brought together store directors from across the country for training focused on improving customer service, which analysts and shoppers alike agree has slipped since the pandemic.—
Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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“Stash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stash. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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