caches 1 of 2

noun

plural of cache
1
as in reserves
a collection of things kept available for future use or need a cache of medical supplies in case of emergency

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2
as in stashes
a supply stored up and often hidden away the squirrel kept a cache of nuts in the hollow of the tree

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caches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cache
1
as in stores
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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2
as in conceals
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 caches
Noun
In the public cloud, one patient or customer record can spread into replicas, logs, embeddings, feature stores, caches and model checkpoints. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Those are perfectly fine places to start for people who don't need massive memory caches for AI models. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 The pace is being driven by vast government demand, data sovereignty legislation that is keeping caches in-country, and hyperscalers increasingly looking to lease data center space rather than build in new markets. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Alongside the launch, Anthropic is introducing beta features that allow developers to change available tools mid-conversation without invalidating prompt caches and automatically route flagged API requests to another model. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Officials have not reported discovering caches containing cash, gold or weapons and have not publicly commented on the broader allegations. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 Competing guiding companies now worked together to fix ropes and organize safety caches. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Talma had five caches for 96 yards and Sullivan had three catches for 67 yards and a touchdown. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026 Both privilege escalation vulnerabilities stem from bugs in the kernel’s handling of page caches stored in memory, allowing untrusted users to modify them. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Verb
Proton Mail, acting as a proxy, requests the image and caches it on its own servers. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 After placing supply caches the previous summer, John and his friends Alexander Drummond and Peter Vanderwall began in mid-March with newfangled fiberglass nordic skis and a pole-free tent that John sewed himself. — Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caches
  1. reserves
  2. stashes
  3. stores
  4. conceals
  5. supplies
  6. hoards
  7. hides
  8. deposits
Noun
  • But borrowers may want to evaluate their available repayment options before using retirement assets or substantial cash reserves to eliminate these balances all at once.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The continent possesses huge reserves of the critical minerals the world needs.
    — Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of reserves
Noun
  • There were more tarps on the roof that covered stashes of firewood and fuel containers.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Here are my favorite adds, top stashes and next week’s two-start pitchers.
    — John Laghezza, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of stashes
Verb
  • Amazon alleged that Muse stores customer credentials and scrapes account data, among other issues.
    — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The stakes are especially high in the Amazon, which stores vast amounts of carbon dioxide and generates atmospheric moisture that helps regulate weather far beyond South America.
    — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of stores
Verb
  • The three-word message conceals the depth of a man worthy of dissection.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The snail’s diminutive size, however, conceals a massive secret.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of conceals
Noun
  • Russia extended its own diesel export ban for at least another month, while China suspended fuel exports for October, a move that will further squeeze global energy supplies.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • About 7% of global energy supplies and around 12% to 15% of all global shipping transit the strait.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of supplies
Noun
  • The film follows a group of adults in an isolated Pennsylvania farmhouse, as hoards of flesh-eating ghouls overrun the country and infiltrate their residence.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Sarauw said hoards were typically buried to safeguard wealth during uncertain times.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of hoards
Verb
  • That gap is where debt hides until something goes wrong across agents and everyone can say their piece worked as designed.
    — Venkatesh Sankaran, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The league usually hides these blunders behind closed doors and quiet internal grading-system tweaks.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of hides
Noun
  • Gathering relevant data is a vital first step to understanding everything from the value of underground mineral deposits to the money held in pension funds.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Calcium and magnesium ions can also form mineral deposits on the cathode, reducing its performance over time.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of deposits

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“Caches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caches. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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