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Recent Examples of safe-deposit box
The company offers discounts to policyholders with a home security system, a home safe, a gemstone grading report, or storage in a bank vault or safe-deposit box.
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Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 22 Nov. 2023
Confined to the safe-deposit box, the stamp wasn’t exposed to light, nor was it ever affixed to a hinge, which collectors use to put stamps in albums.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
In response, Olsson positioned the hostages under the hole with nooses around their necks, the ropes attached to the top of a row of safe-deposit boxes.
—Donald Beaulieu, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
Two banks in Texas have been robbed; in both cases, the culprits have only taken a single safe-deposit box.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
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Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 22 Nov. 2023
Confined to the safe-deposit box, the stamp wasn’t exposed to light, nor was it ever affixed to a hinge, which collectors use to put stamps in albums.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
In response, Olsson positioned the hostages under the hole with nooses around their necks, the ropes attached to the top of a row of safe-deposit boxes.
—Donald Beaulieu, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
Two banks in Texas have been robbed; in both cases, the culprits have only taken a single safe-deposit box.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for safe-deposit box
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The freshman made her debut on the apparatus, nearly sticking her Yurchenko 1.5 vault for a 9.850.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Feb. 2025
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The building’s character may remain in some ways, as Rudolph hopes to incorporate the old bank vault into the design of the reconfigured building.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And those who lost their houses are eager to scour the debris fields for belongings that might have survived, from jewelry locked in fireproof safes to beloved art or vintage cars.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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After a physical altercation, the men set the home ablaze — with her inside — and escaped with a green safe, a Beretta handgun, an AK-47-style rifle, jade figurines and 2,000 rounds of ammunition, the FBI said.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Not to mention super easy—just crack open a jar of peanut butter and put a dollop between two crackers—and cheap (approximately $4 for a 4-sleeve box of crackers and $2 for a jar of the spread).—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2025
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With the technology, anyone can generate videos — like a herd of woolly mammoths trotting through a snowy meadow — simply by typing a sentence into a box on a computer screen.—
Cecilia Kang,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Nov. 2023
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“Safe-deposit box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safe-deposit%20box. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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