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as in stored
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 buried
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 cached
There was also a supply of gas cached at the campsite.
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Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
The data on genomes that are cached in the museum will be open-sourced, providing researchers and geneticists around the world with information on all 10,000 species, in pursuit of conservation or de-extinction projects similar to what Colossal achieved with the dire wolf.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
The team cached model weights on network file storage rather than downloading them from external repositories, reducing model loading time by 10-15%.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
This prevents session hijacking if the system keeps tokens cached.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
The data on genomes that are cached in the museum will be open-sourced, providing researchers and geneticists around the world with information on all 10,000 species, in pursuit of conservation or de-extinction projects similar to what Colossal achieved with the dire wolf.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
The team cached model weights on network file storage rather than downloading them from external repositories, reducing model loading time by 10-15%.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
This prevents session hijacking if the system keeps tokens cached.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cached
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All of it is encrypted, and some of it could be stored by actors anticipating that current encryption methods may become less effective over time.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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When the effluent isn’t treated or is improperly stored, the chemicals can seep into groundwater and waterways, contaminating aquifers and rivers.—
Abraham Nunbogu,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The houses, deemed radioactive, had been levelled and buried, along with the apple orchard.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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This idea that just sitting with your face buried in your phone when you’re supposed to be in a social setting—that’s lame, right?—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some hoards represent political instability—a stash stashed away and never recovered.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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China stashed more than three times as much crude oil as the US in 2025, new data shows.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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In 1986 Moscow concealed risks, dismissed warning signs and placed ideology above the lives of its citizens.—
Benjamin Mack-Jackson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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The home stands apart in other ways, operating entirely off the grid with solar panels concealed behind parapets and water drawn from snowmelt.—
Nick Mafi,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Cached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cached. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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