as in vaults
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe
keeps her jewelry in a strongbox
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Why the price of gold is so high Gold prices typically rise when the stock market is lagging, as investors seek stability in a metal that largely sits unused in government vaults around the world, including Kentucky's Fort Knox.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026 -
The memo warns that surviving operators relocated mirror servers and sensitive data to civilian infrastructure, including basements in central Caracas and the heavily fortified vaults of the Central Bank of Venezuela.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Some investors use home safes, while others prefer third-party depositories that offer insured storage.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Hillbilly hippies with dreadlock beards buried safes in the woods containing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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In addition, the pass-through entity tax generates more than $2 billion per year for state coffers and is paid largely by wealthy small business owners, according to state statistics.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
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Advertisement Armed with massive new coffers, technology was next.—
Phillip Atiba Solomon,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Strongboxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongboxes. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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