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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 stows
The crew stows equipment and puts seats into place.
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Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
Weighing less than most rooftop tents and taking up far less space than a camper, the simple, no-frills solution is always at the ready for a camping trip but stows completely out of the way for unencumbered everyday commuting and cargo hauling.
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New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2026
Inside, the padded sleeve stows everything from hydration systems to laptops.
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Outside,
17 Nov. 2025
Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
Weighing less than most rooftop tents and taking up far less space than a camper, the simple, no-frills solution is always at the ready for a camping trip but stows completely out of the way for unencumbered everyday commuting and cargo hauling.
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New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2026
Inside, the padded sleeve stows everything from hydration systems to laptops.
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Outside,
17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stows
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Estée Lauder's Double Wear Stay-in-Place Matte Powder Foundation offers buildable coverage in a velvet-soft formula that blurs the look of pores, keeps shine in check, and never feels cakey.
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Dry, chapped lips aren’t just an issue in the winter, so this leave-on lip mask is a nourishing treatment that keeps your lips soft and supple year-round.
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To de-slime his pike, the Griz puts them in a paper grocery bag, then puts that bag in a larger garbage bag, and stashes it all in a cooler.
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One stashes them in a tomato paste box.
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The Tallerboy is a taller-than-a-tallboy canister that stores three regular Coors Light cans inside one oversized container.
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When the car is switched off and in a stable state, the system captures and stores an image of the underbody, establishing a snapshot of what the area should normally look like.
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How Often To Clean Your Dishwasher Food gradually accumulates and collects in spots like the drain, spray arms, and baskets, feeding mold and bacteria and reducing the flow of water.
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Stress accumulates as tectonic forces move the crust, but parts of the fault are locked and unable to slip freely.
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Rodrigo collects her third career winner on the Official Albums, Official Albums Streaming, Official Albums Sales, Official Physical Albums and Official Vinyl Albums rundowns with her latest effort.
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How Often To Clean Your Dishwasher Food gradually accumulates and collects in spots like the drain, spray arms, and baskets, feeding mold and bacteria and reducing the flow of water.
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But Netflix, which hoards its user data like gold in Fort Knox, offers a larger lump sum upfront, with no residuals and no performance data released.
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In Pottersville, one man hoards all the financial profits and political power.
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“Stows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stows. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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