STORED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

stored

verb

past tense of store

as in kept

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability we decided to store the lawn mower in the shed instead of the garage

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as in stashed

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place squirrels commonly store nuts in the hollows of trees and other places to prepare for the winter

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Recent Examples of stored Koloski-Ostrow cites one ancient account of an intrepid octopus, which climbed out of a toilet to devour fish stored in the household pantry. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026 Perfect for home, travel, or on-the-go feeding, these Ready to Serve and Mess-Free recipes can be stored in the pantry and offer the advantages of premium nutrition while fitting seamlessly into busy households. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 The plugin will allow customers to access data stored within Salesforce's applications from inside of Anthropic's Claude chatbot. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Conversation data may remain in cloud storage until a user deletes it and may also inform Memories stored in the cloud. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 That stored energy could then be recovered when electricity demand rises. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026 When stored in the cloud, a user’s videos will be kept in what Ring says is effectively a secure digital vault to which only the user has the key. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 The ability for those tailings to be stored on land safely is a key debate. — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 The onboard computer uses an AI model to compare those images with the ones stored in its memory, a bit like a person consulting a map on an unfamiliar highway. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

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With his back against the wall, Smith kept the Giants’ lead intact.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
HomeServices agreed to pay $250 million of a more than $1 billion settlement to resolve claims that long-standing rules over the splitting of real estate commissions kept them artificially high.

— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

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Yee decided her favorite nook was the Picture Room, where the museum’s caretakers unveiled Soane’s choicest paintings stowed behind clandestine folding panes.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
The airline requires passengers to store their power banks on their person, in the seat pocket or in carry-on luggage stowed under the seat.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026

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Though biological weapons are banned by international law, a handful of countries, including Russia, Syria, and North Korea, have developed and hoarded contagious pathogens.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 19 Aug. 2026
Because of the stigma that persists around hoarding, people with hoarding disorder and their families tend to hold guilt and shame that is only complicated further when the person who hoarded dies.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 28 May 2026

Definition of hoarded

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Directed by Na Hong-Jin and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender, and Alicia Vikander, the alien-encounter feature has accumulated $35 million from 4,518,395 admissions.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
Bregman has accumulated more than 5,000 at-bats across his major-league career, and none of those moments happened during a rebuilding period.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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An ill wind blows around infant stars The team conducted its research using data collected by the JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The cell lines from the cultures developed in the 1960s are still growing, which means new tissue won't need to be collected, according the AAP.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026