vaults 1 of 3

noun (1)

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

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vaults

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noun (2)

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

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vaults

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verb

present tense third-person singular of vault
as in jumps
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air vaulted over the obstacle with ease

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Recent Examples of vaults
Noun
On July 22, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that vaults whose managers pick strategies, rebalance assets and appoint decision-makers may not sit outside securities law. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 When the Nazis confiscated the negative and shipped it back to Berlin, Hensel safeguarded it in the Reichsfilmarchiv vaults in Berlin until the Allied victory. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026 These enormous swaths of boreal forest from the Yukon to Newfoundland and Labrador—more than 1 million square miles—act as massive vaults for carbon, which is locked away in billions of trees and the forest floor. — Joshua Partlow, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 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, 15 July 2026 The People’s Bank of China, for instance, has pushed for multi-month buying sprees, while the Reserve Bank of India has repatriated roughly 100 tonnes of gold back to domestic vaults. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Madonna is, like Paul McCartney this year, animated by rummaging through her own vaults. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Verb
But adding a player like James, who even at 41 years old still packs a playmaking and scoring punch, could be the final piece that vaults them into championship contention. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 July 2026 His addition vaults them near, if not back to, the top of the AFC after a surprise Super Bowl run last season. — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026 But what vaults it into classic territory is the film’s message of resilience and love. — Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025 Patriots are legit-scorchin’ on a seven-game win streak as blossoming star QB Drake Maye climbs in league MVP odds and Mike Vrabel vaults to lead in Coach of the Year derby. — Greg Cote november 12, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaults
  1. tombs
  2. leaps
  3. jumps
  4. catacombs
  5. hops
  6. springs
  7. crypts
  8. mausoleums
Noun
  • Linn said there's anything from dogs associated with deities like Hecate, to dogs found in Mycenaean tombs.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • The Digest Three ancient Egyptian tombs with rare inscriptions have been uncovered at Saqqara, offering new clues about New Kingdom ties to the Near East.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of tombs
Noun
  • The great technological leaps in American history have often featured influential industrialists who step forward as vanguards, leading the way to a better tomorrow while emerging as major players in extreme endeavors.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • So kudos to the extras who steal scenes from them in the background, flailing like avant-garde dancers when a vicious mental parasite leaps from grandmothers to joggers to security guards on a quest to find something awful.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of leaps
Verb
  • Chris Waugh and George Caulkin highlighted areas of progress, but there was also a line that, looking back, jumps off the page.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That jumps from his previous $45 million average and pushes him to the top of the quarterback market.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of jumps
Noun
  • Avedon, whose work and career had a big influence on Hujar early on, had produced a series of images of the Palermo catacombs in 1959.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • The monastery includes a massive network of underground catacombs, which contain the bodies of early Slavic saints, and is one of the most sacred locations in Eastern Orthodox Christianity and a symbol of the country’s cultural and spiritual heritage.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 15 June 2026
Definition of catacombs
Noun
  • Brees showed off his impressive hops after the score by dunking the ball over the goal post.
    — Larry Holder, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The company argues that reducing network hops becomes increasingly important as real-time AI deployments scale.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of hops
Verb
  • The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence?
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
Definition of springs
Noun
  • One captures a white concrete community mausoleum, its crypts often empty, like absent teeth cavities, its coffins stolen presumably for anything valuable inside.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel - an old associate of El Mencho - and Arturo Beltrán Leyva.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of crypts
Noun
  • Stroll through the grounds for free and admire the intricate headstones and mausoleums.
    — Krista Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
  • Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi pleaded guilty and was convicted in 2016 for destroying historic mausoleums in Timbuktu.
    — Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of mausoleums

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