as in vaults
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe
keeps her jewelry in a strongbox
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Noun
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For one thing, the 35mm anamorphic (widescreen) film found in the vaults did not have an attached soundtrack, because the sound is recorded separately.—
John Beifuss,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
16 Feb. 2026 -
The rooms also functioned as high security storage vaults for identity papers and mission reports of MI5 and MI6 agents.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Jay Reed's business is cutting keys and selling safes at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
4 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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With the effects of the federal cuts expected to be felt across the state, other California counties have already started to look to consumers to replenish government coffers.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Republican tax plan is affordable, senators said, because Wall Street has been booming with capital gains that have filled the state coffers through the state income tax from stock traders that include millionaires and billionaires in Fairfield County.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Strongboxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongboxes. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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