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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
Alan Feuer, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The cache includes the first evidence of four-wheeled wagons in Iron Age Britain, which raises new questions.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2011
His most recent post included a workout video of caching footballs at a training facility.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Noun
In June 2023, Mr. Taranto was arrested near the home of former President Barack Obama and the police found a cache of weapons, ammunition and materials that could be used to make explosives in his van.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The cache includes the first evidence of four-wheeled wagons in Iron Age Britain, which raises new questions.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
Another important thing to note is that doing caching properly can get pretty technically hairy when dealing with syncing across multiple machines.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2011
His most recent post included a workout video of caching footballs at a training facility.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cache
Noun
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Brooklyn’s bench dropped 66 points, and each reserve finished in double figures.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Industry leaders can seize this opportunity to modernize outdated systems, build a strategic reserve of essential APIs and invest in domestic manufacturing.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The men transported migrants by sharing routes, guides, stash houses, trucks and trailers to consolidate costs and minimize risks, according to court records.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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In the film, upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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After a bit of work scraping out the cocoons, they can be stored in the refrigerator.—
Martha Ann Overland,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2025
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For best freshness for longer, store them stem side down, and do not stack them on top of each other.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Immigration advocates, attorneys and civil litigators are warning against the normalization of federal agents concealing their faces while detaining nonviolent students.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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The real debate was, of course, little different — except that millions of Americans could now see in real time what Biden’s intimate associates had been concealing from them for many months.—
Fintan O’Toole,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The classic Super Shotgun feels incredible to use in tandem with the shield, blasting your way through droves of lesser demons before lobbing the shield to make the hoards explode in bursts of blood.—
Kazuma Hashimoto,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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The hoard includes Iron Age metalwork that was made up of a variety of unique objects, including components of wagons or chariots, including 28 iron tires.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been obsessively planning it for years while hiding mental health issues from family and doctors, a police report released Wednesday reveals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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Because the kitchen is visible from the living and dining areas, Allison downplayed the utilitarian stuff, tucking the stainless-steel refrigerator behind a wall and hiding the range behind the island.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Such a move, paired with the first-ever price drop for the original Switch, would supercharge interest in the new console and likely make initial Switch 2 supplies that much harder to find on store shelves.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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And the long-ago established economic law of supply and demand means that taking millions of cars out of the supply will drive up prices.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Play defense straight up and Bueckers will bury them.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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The structure is made of opus reticulatum—bricks laid in a diamond pattern—and contains a volcanic rock called tuff: details suggesting high status individuals were buried here, as Artnet News’ Richard Whiddington reports.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Cache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cache. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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