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Recent Examples of strongbox
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.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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
Keep in mind that right now, its Bitcoin strongbox is worth just $700 million or so more than its debt.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
By the time the duke and a boat containing his strongbox of memoirs and political documents were loaded, only one other boat was able to escape.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 June 2022
Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left.
—John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
Police were called and found that two rings were missing from the master closet, where a strongbox had been moved and pried open.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2020
An audit was carried out and discovered Bisher was writing checks to herself from the company’s strongbox.
—Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 5 May 2018
Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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
Keep in mind that right now, its Bitcoin strongbox is worth just $700 million or so more than its debt.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
By the time the duke and a boat containing his strongbox of memoirs and political documents were loaded, only one other boat was able to escape.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 June 2022
Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left.
—John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
Police were called and found that two rings were missing from the master closet, where a strongbox had been moved and pried open.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2020
An audit was carried out and discovered Bisher was writing checks to herself from the company’s strongbox.
—Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 5 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strongbox
Noun
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The vault-like room with its large steel access doors held all of the recovered pieces—about 40 percent of the total orbiter—and was a departure from what NASA had done after its previous spaceflight disasters.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Faulí showed me where Gaudí had begun building a traditional Gothic rib to support the vault.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hal Leggate, the city’s deputy director of facilities maintenance, said this week that the new analysis will play a crucial role in making sure the city spends taxpayer money wisely and keeps the public safe.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the League of Women Voters of Florida said the state should have included gun safes and locks in the discount period.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But that figure set a franchise record — highest-ever premiere gross — and given the tendency of the films kickstarted by 2013's The Conjuring to endure in theaters long after their opens, Last Rites is sure to keep adding to its coffers.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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Free cash flow is the money that remains in a company's coffers after operating expenses and capital expenditures are covered.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Strongbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongbox. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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