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keeps her jewelry in a strongbox
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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.
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left.
—John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
By August 3, Bitcoin had rebounded by 15% to $23,300, raising the value of MicroStrategy’s strongbox by around $400 million.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
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
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
In Aldrich’s film, the quest is for a strongbox containing plutonium that emits a blinding white light when opened and ultimately unleashes a nuclear holocaust that concludes the movie.
—Jonathan Rosenbaum, Slate Magazine, 24 May 2017
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Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left.
—John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
By August 3, Bitcoin had rebounded by 15% to $23,300, raising the value of MicroStrategy’s strongbox by around $400 million.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
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
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
In Aldrich’s film, the quest is for a strongbox containing plutonium that emits a blinding white light when opened and ultimately unleashes a nuclear holocaust that concludes the movie.
—Jonathan Rosenbaum, Slate Magazine, 24 May 2017
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strongbox
noun
strong·box
ˈstrȯŋ-ˌbäks 
: a strongly made container for money or valuables
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