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storm cellars

noun

plural of storm cellar
as in cyclone cellars

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  1. vaults
  2. foundations
Noun
  • Swift’s propensity for clearing her musical vaults answers to a more-is-better audience ethos.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Sudan’s civil war turned its national museum into a battlefield and crime scene, with ancient statues shattered, skeletal remains scorched and vaults of gold looted.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of vaults
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  • When finance leaders take ownership of selecting AI tools and building the process foundations that support them, adoption can make it past the experimentation phase.
    — John Gronen, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Liu’s Met commission, with its disembodied hands, its severing and suturing of the organic and the mechanical, may be a metaphor for a civilization detached from its foundations and coming to its end.
    — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of foundations
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“Storm cellars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/storm%20cellars. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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