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Recent Examples of vault
Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
The room’s former vault, set off to the side, inspired her creation of a triptych, which fits perfectly within the framing of the architectural molding.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 1 Mar. 2026
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Mistakes from his competitors, though, vaulted him into a shocking first-place finish, and his Instagram following increased nearly tenfold over the past two weeks from 35,000 to over 300,000.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The idea of an actual vault that holds your money safely is gone with the dodo birds.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
The room’s former vault, set off to the side, inspired her creation of a triptych, which fits perfectly within the framing of the architectural molding.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
There’s a two-story vaulted window with a view of the hillside, a keyboard, a sofa, crates for when Fleming drives up with his three rescue dogs (Daysy, Erik, and Luchie, two pit mixes and a miniature poodle), and a vintage Mork & Mindy poster on the wall.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Mistakes from his competitors, though, vaulted him into a shocking first-place finish, and his Instagram following increased nearly tenfold over the past two weeks from 35,000 to over 300,000.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vault
Verb
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Consider the squirrel outside your window, leaping branch to branch, adjusting mid-flight for wind and flex.—
Nicole Fraenkel,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Williams is a question after missing the Barcelona test and not particularly leaping out during Bahrain testing.—
The Athletic,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Brent futures, the global oil benchmark, jumped another 6% to $82 a barrel, per FactSet data.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Don’t jump to conclusions — not about yourself nor anyone else.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2026
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Luckily for Martin, Kinzalow hopped in the driver's seat and slammed on the brakes, and Martin survived despite severe back injuries and abrasions to his extremities.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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As hospital staff scattered, the footage shows the gunman abandoning the wheelchair and hopping away, according to the complaint.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Vault.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vault. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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