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Recent Examples of strongbox
Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
Keep in mind that right now, its Bitcoin strongbox is worth just $700 million or so more than its debt.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
By the time the duke and a boat containing his strongbox of memoirs and political documents were loaded, only one other boat was able to escape.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 June 2022
Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left.
—John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
Police were called and found that two rings were missing from the master closet, where a strongbox had been moved and pried open.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2020
Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
Keep in mind that right now, its Bitcoin strongbox is worth just $700 million or so more than its debt.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
By the time the duke and a boat containing his strongbox of memoirs and political documents were loaded, only one other boat was able to escape.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 June 2022
Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left.
—John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
Police were called and found that two rings were missing from the master closet, where a strongbox had been moved and pried open.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strongbox
Noun
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In tax terms, this one is very much in the vault (locked away).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Some gold ETFs directly invest in bullion kept in vaults, while others invest in shares of mining companies that tend to follow the price of gold while also being swayed by the companies' management decisions, efficiency and financials.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The men found information on target businesses and used pry bars and sledgehammers to break into buildings and open safes that stored pull-tab proceeds, the complaint states.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
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The safes had been seized in a pot shop raid, a source within the sheriff’s office said.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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House staffers estimate the measure would strip $14 billion from local government revenues, 40% of which would come out of school coffers.—
Lawrence Mower Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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In October 2023, two months before board members were due to cast their crucial rezoning votes, Torian disbursed some $42,500 to the coffers of four Democrats running for reelection to the county’s board of supervisors, all of whom went on to support the digital gateway.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Strongbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongbox. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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