Definition of strongboxnext
as in vault
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe keeps her jewelry in a strongbox

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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. 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 By August 3, Bitcoin had rebounded by 15% to $23,300, raising the value of MicroStrategy’s strongbox by around $400 million. 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
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Noun
  • Pole vault world record holder Mondo Duplantis will be in Hungary, but the highlights are arguably the middle-distance events.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • De Luca said of mining a studio vault for sequels and other franchise material, while also doing original projects.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But Paul Robinson's attorney, Michael DeRiso, said Robinson didn't know what was inside the safe.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Head into the remainder of the year with travel essentials that offer a little extra peace of mind, including luggage locks, portable travel safes, and personal alarms that can help deter pickpockets.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Vatican’s coffers also suffered from investment and currency fluctuations.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That will help, but those interest payments are now draining close to €100m a year from club coffers and potentially headed further north.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Strongbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongbox. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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