safe-deposit box
Example Sentences
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They are more likely in that jar of change your grandfather kept, or in your mother’s safe-deposit box.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
The FBI gave Los Angeles mother Linda Martin the silent treatment for more than two years before finally returning the money it had seized from her safe-deposit box.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023
A couple of years ago, Doar did a search of unclaimed money from the government and discovered his now deceased mother had a safe-deposit box.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023
Don’t put the will or other important documents in a safe-deposit box.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2022
The tape is locked up with his will and some other valuables in his safe-deposit box at the Ilium Merchants National Bank and Trust, he says.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
