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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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Offload expiring deals and build up a vault of draft capital to build with in the offseason.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, when colonizers attempted to burn all evidence of Nkrumah’s time as a revolutionary leader, Hesse snuck his reels out of Ghana, and into a London vault, where the footage has spent decades inside, waiting to be digitized.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The creative sees today’s clients through a modern lens, using pieces from the day-to-day rather than those kept in a safe.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Wondering how to separate the sketchy from the safe?—
Kat Boogaard,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ferrara, an innocent no longer, is angling to prize $25,000 out of the Horse’s coffers to finance his first feature.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Heinz said the industry can expect more money to flow into its coffers as investors look to traverse a challenging geopolitical environment and trade policy uncertainty.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Strongbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongbox. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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