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Recent Examples of vault
Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Using power tools, the group pierced the store’s vault and other secure storage areas over several hours before fleeing with millions of dollars in loot.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
Christian Marquardt/Getty Images While Elon Musk has vaulted into a powerful role overhauling government agencies and upending Washington, the world's richest person has suffered a $106 billion drop in wealth due to steep decline in shares of his Tesla electric car company.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Board the train and destroy its turrets to bring it to a screeching halt, then blow open the vault car with Thermite and you'll be rewarded handsomely.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Using power tools, the group pierced the store’s vault and other secure storage areas over several hours before fleeing with millions of dollars in loot.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
After the show, the song’s streams briefly vaulted from 1,000 streams a day to 20,000.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
Christian Marquardt/Getty Images While Elon Musk has vaulted into a powerful role overhauling government agencies and upending Washington, the world's richest person has suffered a $106 billion drop in wealth due to steep decline in shares of his Tesla electric car company.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vault
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With under 30 seconds to play in overtime and the Wolves down 128-127, Reid came barreling down the lane and leaped toward the rim.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The United States pulled it off in the Second Industrial Revolution, in the nineteenth century, and again in the twentieth, leaping ahead of Japan in the information revolution.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Fans were dancing, jumping and fully immersed, reacting in real time as McRae unveiled her most personal and dynamic project yet.—
Cat Johnson,
Billboard,
19 Feb. 2025
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The prices paid index jumped to the highest level in about two years as prices increased.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Other objectives including testing a a Nokia LTE 4G communications system and deploying a propulsive drone capable of hopping across the lunar surface.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Shopping bots are becoming available that are capable of hopping between online retailers and searching for the best prices, deals and promotions for their users.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Vault.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vault. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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