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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
William J. Broad, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Related article Archaeologists uncovered a cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 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
To curb leaks, both caches are stored in special labs classified as Biosafety Level 4, the highest tier of protection.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Related article Archaeologists uncovered a cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 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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City leaders see the natural ground reserves as a key component in Boise’s shift away from nonrenewable energy.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Mar. 2025
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The reserves answered the bell: Delon Wright started at point guard, Tyler Kolek continued his play-making wizardry off the bench, and the Knicks blitzed the Bucks early, then played a game of keep-away with the lead in a 116-107 victory at Milwaukee’s FiServ Forum on Friday.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Does anybody have an extra stash of La Tiara taco shells?—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2025
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Intermediate and advanced runs dominated the uncrowded slopes, with a 2,800-vertical drop and stashes of powder among the trees.—
Elaine Glusac,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Wise minds inside any presidential administration would quickly sell every barrel of oil presently stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Most of that ends up in the Wayback Machine, while the rest is digitized analog media — books, television, radio, academic papers — scanned and stored on servers.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The film doesn’t conceal the role that informal migrant labor plays in European agriculture and the toll that its informality takes on the migrants.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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Once concealed structural beams have been exposed, allowing the geometry of the honeycombed ceilings and the pillars to speak honestly, inviting visitors to better understand the integrity of Pereira’s original design.—
Jennifer Lee,
Forbes,
26 Mar. 2025
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The film depicts West’s son Saint West in a wrestling ring, taking on hoards of wrestlers by himself, armed with a toy mallet while the album plays in the background.—
Ethan Millman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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The owner of Geico, BNSF railroad and other businesses has built a hoard of unused cash recently.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The ancient springhead, natural waterpark, and retro roadside attraction has more than a few secrets hidden in its eelgrass.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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That event presented an opportunity that was too good to pass up: the chance to explore the seafloor below the iceberg’s original location—like overturning a rock or log in the woods to see what creatures lie hidden underneath.—
Ashley Balzer Vigil,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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Demand is outstripping supply in areas like machine learning and robotics.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Even with Mauritius picking up some of the slack left by China and Cambodia, many researchers worry the supply of these animals may falter.—
ByRefael Kubersky,
science.org,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Gaza’s health ministry said the toll was likely to rise with many people buried under rubble.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Borderlands 4 is sticking to the signature first-person action-RPG nature of the previous installments and will be burying us in colorful loot once again.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Cache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cache. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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