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as in to stash
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
stowed candy bars, which were forbidden at the summer camp, under a board in the cabin's floor
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Recent Examples of stow
Long baskets can be perfect for stowing bags of chips, cookies, or nuts in deep spaces.
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Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2025
Family Friendliness: The Panamera seats four passengers with only two rear seats; however, there are full sets of lower anchors and upper tethers in both seats and plenty of footwell room for stowing tote bags.
—Scotty Reiss, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
This spacious duffle does great as an overhead carry-on or stowed in his trunk for a weekend road trip.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 29 Jan. 2025
Receive Zone 5 Priority Boarding on Delta flights; board early, stow your carry-on bag and settle in sooner.
—Senitra Horbrook, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
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Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2025
Family Friendliness: The Panamera seats four passengers with only two rear seats; however, there are full sets of lower anchors and upper tethers in both seats and plenty of footwell room for stowing tote bags.
—Scotty Reiss, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
This spacious duffle does great as an overhead carry-on or stowed in his trunk for a weekend road trip.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 29 Jan. 2025
Receive Zone 5 Priority Boarding on Delta flights; board early, stow your carry-on bag and settle in sooner.
—Senitra Horbrook, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
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The options are generally to store them, donate them to another patient, dispose of them, or donate them to science.—
Ellen O'Connell Whittet,
TIME,
13 Mar. 2025
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Students at an Australian high school got a thrilling paleontology lesson this week when a researcher confirmed that a rock slab stored on their campus for two decades preserves dozens of dinosaur footprints dating back some 200 million years.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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People should have money stashed in a cash-equivalent account for any liquid needs, including an emergency fund and any potential big purchases coming up.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2025
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Last month, a passenger sought to bring a set of knives through airport security in St. Louis by stashing them inside a cane.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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In contrast, the energy transition has a long-term basis, with 2050 as the magic date of the Paris agreement to keep global temperature rise below 2 C degrees above pre-industrial times.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The weight distribution is key here, with a well-padded and well-placed hip belt that sits right at your iliac crest and helps keep the majority of the load off your shoulders.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2025
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Things that have been intentionally kept separate for centuries in our system are all now being hoarded and amalgamated by people who weren’t elected.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2025
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Lack of specificity in contracts could lead to cascading problems such as insufficient locked storage space, which could dissuade unsheltered people from accepting shelter, discourage those in the shelter from leaving to seek work and exacerbate the insecurity of those with hoarding tendencies.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Choose your lane wisely: Stick to the middle lanes on multi-lane roads to minimize the risk of hydroplaning, as water tends to accumulate in outer lanes.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Orange County Register,
13 Mar. 2025
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Gimenez won Gold Glove each of the last three seasons while accumulating 16.7 bWAR in that span.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Stow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stow. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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