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as in reserve
a collection of things kept available for future use or need
a cache of medical supplies in case of emergency
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as in stash
a supply stored up and often hidden away
the squirrel kept a cache of nuts in the hollow of the tree
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as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor
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as in to conceal
to put into a hiding place
cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada
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Recent Examples of cache
Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Thirty days later, the DOJ released a partial cache of files.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Addressing data latency early—via caching, load balancing and streamlined queries—keeps systems responsive and mission-ready.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Thousands of oysters, a cache of crab and $400,000 worth of lobster meat were stolen in a shell-shocking heist.
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This prevents session hijacking if the system keeps tokens cached.
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The local police department has its own law enforcement academy, called the Michael Haen Police Academy in remembrance of a reserve officer who was accidentally shot and killed on duty in 1978, according to KCKPD.—
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Celebrini is excited to see forwards Will Smith and Philipp Kurashev near a return to the active roster after spending the last four weeks on injured reserve.—
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The days of underground stashes and whispered conversations are fading fast.—
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There’s also an interior stash pocket for the removable, cinchable hood.—
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Rather than storing all of your cleaning supplies in one central cabinet, use a caddy to keep some cleaning supplies and tools in each bathroom.—
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Instead of storing the marbles from your childhood in a bin in your closet, put them in a jar on your bookshelf.—
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For the white men, the experience of prison was the veil that now concealed them, rendering them strangers and exiles from the world outside.—
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Glam was striking, amped up even with half of her face concealed.—
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The oldest coin in the hoard dates to 1863, the height of the American Civil War.—
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Poverty wages boosted profits GAESA’s many companies tap into the country’s foreign hard-currency revenues, and its business model keeps labor costs and taxes at a minimum, which may help explain the exorbitant hoard of dollars the military amassed even as ordinary Cubans became poorer and poorer.—
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Minimalists will opt for a charging station with organized cords or a drawer or basket to hide cords in lieu of a jumble of cords and devices, Donaldson shares.—
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That can include driving someone away from agents, hiding them, or providing false documents.—
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Mayor Bass also secured 17 positions for supply and maintenance staffing, including heavy-duty mechanics, mechanic helpers, tire repairers, maintenance laborers, toolroom workers, truck operators and more.—
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That has been largely driven by the milk supply.—
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Medieval Europeans moved to England consistently A press release by the University of Cambridge continued that researchers studied more than 700 chemical signatures from the teeth of people buried in England between AD 400 and 1100.—
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He will be cremated, with his ashes buried next to his parents in Joliet, Osborne said.—
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“Cache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cache. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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