vault 1 of 3

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

2 of 3

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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vault

3 of 3

verb

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Noun
However, outside the vaults, archaeologists uncovered about 150 post-medieval burials in the courtyard, and another 170 burials from an earlier period were found even deeper, according to the release. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025 The vaults were cleared in the 1950s to make way for the area where the former Debenhams department store was built. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
Nevertheless, that vaulted him to 11-under and one shot ahead of Morikawa. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said on Thursday that planned job cuts vaulted 245% to 172,017 last month, the highest level since July 2020, when the economy was in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vault
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Verb
  • Either way, the 2025 NFL Draft is already becoming exciting simply because of the many unknowns in terms of what teams will be attempting to trade for in terms of players or leaping up the draft board.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Dudamel’s mission all along has been to leap genre boundaries.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • The report also notes that saving intentions for middle-income Americans jumped by 2.4 points in April while their intent to use debt fell 2.5 points.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The folks at Hugging Face, the open-source artificial intelligence gurus, just jumped into the world of robotics by acquiring Pollen Robotics.
    Fox News Staff, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Just hop online at the official Mayfest website to purchase tickets in advance and breeze right past the lines.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Bad Bunny is hopping back over to 30 Rock to make his grand return to Saturday Night Live, with the show announcing Thursday (April 24) that the Puerto Rican rapper will perform on its season-ender episode following a musical guest debut from Benson Boone two weeks prior.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Vault.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vault. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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