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as in stashes
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.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
Inside, the padded sleeve stows everything from hydration systems to laptops.
—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.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
Inside, the padded sleeve stows everything from hydration systems to laptops.
—Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stows
Verb
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Pace’s pass-rush potential keeps him in the fold, but Flores prefers not to play him on passing downs.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The microbe lives under the eyelid and keeps producing the anti-inflammatory protein over time.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
Verb
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One stashes them in a tomato paste box.—
Rebecca Flint Marx,
SELF,
20 Apr. 2026
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Christian pretends to fall so everyone looks at him, and then Devens stashes a fake idol wrapped in the real sheet from the BEBI.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Tallerboy is a taller-than-a-tallboy canister that stores three regular Coors Light cans inside one oversized container.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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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.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
Verb
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Plastic accumulates in our oceans and on our beaches, killing seabirds, sea turtles and other marine mammals.—
Kelley Dennings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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But as an artist accumulates experiences, the attentive listener starts to carry that baggage with them, particularly as artists spend more and more time selling the self than the art.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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Aaru, a two-year-old AI startup, simulated all of those voters—agents built from the kind of data the company collects, like credit card purchasing history, food-delivery orders, and demographic records—and tried to predict how the votes would be cast.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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The Institute of Education Sciences evaluates and collects statistics, and the National Center for Education Statistics administers the Nation’s Report Card and other federal tests.—
Alia Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Verb
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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.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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In Pottersville, one man hoards all the financial profits and political power.—
Nora Gilbert,
The Conversation,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Stows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stows. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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