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as in stashed
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
stowed candy bars, which were forbidden at the summer camp, under a board in the cabin's floor
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Recent Examples of stowed
Glimpse the vials stowed beside the eggs in the fridge.
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Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The suit also has pockets and hook-and-loop fasteners (Velcro) so tools can be easily stowed and retrieved.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
The passenger in the middle seat had a heavy bag with a water bottle in her lap, which a flight attendant stowed overhead before departure.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
The former was vented out, while the latter had to be stowed.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
The secondary bedroom, meanwhile, is accessed by a neat folding staircase, like the one seen on the Jordy, that's stowed against the wall when not in use, freeing up space in the living room.
—Adam Williams
april 02, New Atlas, 2 Apr. 2026
Disney maintains on-property greenhouses, where some topiaries were stowed along with its flower towers, decorative stacks of blooms.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Dube said the extra fuel needed to be stowed on board would have displaced the people the Cubans say were on the boat.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
More than three years later, Hall’s staff found a correctional officer’s uniform that Friedmann had stowed in the jail’s ductwork.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The suit also has pockets and hook-and-loop fasteners (Velcro) so tools can be easily stowed and retrieved.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
The passenger in the middle seat had a heavy bag with a water bottle in her lap, which a flight attendant stowed overhead before departure.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
The former was vented out, while the latter had to be stowed.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
The secondary bedroom, meanwhile, is accessed by a neat folding staircase, like the one seen on the Jordy, that's stowed against the wall when not in use, freeing up space in the living room.
—Adam Williams
april 02, New Atlas, 2 Apr. 2026
Disney maintains on-property greenhouses, where some topiaries were stowed along with its flower towers, decorative stacks of blooms.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Dube said the extra fuel needed to be stowed on board would have displaced the people the Cubans say were on the boat.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
More than three years later, Hall’s staff found a correctional officer’s uniform that Friedmann had stowed in the jail’s ductwork.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowed
Verb
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About 95% is stored in skeletal muscle and 5% in the brain and heart.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 May 2026
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State police said the skull that washed up along the Connecticut River was not initially tested for DNA and had been stored with the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Be sure to have some extra stashed in the fridge.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
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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
Verb
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The Fresno State product didn’t exactly wow with size — a visible tick shy of a 5-foot-11 pre-draft measurement — but displayed solid timing and kept the rhythm humming on Saturday.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Santa Margarita’s baseball team finished in last place in the Trinity League, but the Eagles kept practicing even after their final regular-season game.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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“Stowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowed. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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