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as in tomb
an underground burial chamber archaeologists were thrilled to discover an ancient vault that hadn't been looted by grave robbers

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vault

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noun (2)

as in leap
an act of leaping into the air a vault over the car's hood by the frightened deer

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verb

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Yankovic also raided the vaults for a 35th anniversary Blu-ray release of his cult film UHF. Spin Staff, SPIN, 23 Sep. 2024 Clipper is no exception: The electronics vault is capped by a dense tantalum metal plate etched with Limón’s bespoke poem, which connects the wonder of living on our watery planet with Europa’s own ocean. science.org, 19 Sep. 2024 In 2017 the vault suffered a flood caused, ironically, by climate change. Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024 The vault contains more than a hundred thousand numbered samples. Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vault 

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“Vault.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vault. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.

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