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 hush money caught the attention of the federal authorities, leading them in April 2018 to search Cohen’s home and office; a hotel room where he was staying; and a safe-deposit box.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2024
To keep his cash safe, Ruiz stored it in a safe-deposit box in Beverly Hills.
From Slate • Feb. 7, 2024
After his father died, his son stored the map in a bank safe-deposit box.
From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022
It opens a safe-deposit box at our bank.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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