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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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With her skills, Biles is the originator of the most difficult skills on three events: vault, beam, and floor.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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As fans recall, Biles went to Paris to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics with seven medals and returned with four more, including gold in the women's all-around and individual vault final.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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If this is your first run at owning a bike that gets ridden frequently, the below is a good starting point to keep you (and your cargo) safe—and your bike running.—
Chris Cona,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2025
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The caller was out of town and came home to find jewelry and gold coins taken from a safe.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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So City essentially had three stacks of two — Bernardo and Kovacic at the bottom with Grealish and Lewis in front of them, forming a square or box.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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In the far corner was her kitchen, full of cardboard boxes: tea leaves, bottles, labels, sugar.—
Oliver Whang,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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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 17 May. 2025.
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