lockbox

noun

Definition of lockboxnext
as in strongbox

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Recent Examples of lockbox The megatext should feel like an undiscovered continent, not a lockbox with an unknown code. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026 This lockbox is compact enough to fit in a carry-on bag or weekender tote, and has a tethering cable to affix it to a secure object. — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026 As of now, there is no lockbox preventing the diversion of this revenue to … whatever for however long the politicians desire. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 The watch comes with a lockbox containing extensive documentation, including letters between Jack Heuer (then-Heuer CEO) and Nunley, and over 200 archival photographs from the set. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lockbox
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lockbox
  1. strongbox
  2. coffer
  3. safe-deposit box
  4. footlocker
  5. safe
  6. vault
  7. coffin
Noun
  • Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of strongbox
Noun
  • Their government counterparts often aim for a deal that protects county coffers.
    — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Having drained their budgets responding to the market shocks of the Gulf conflict, many governments will meet these new challenges with empty coffers.
    — DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of coffer
Noun
  • Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of safe-deposit box
Noun
  • My dad’s footlocker did not survive the flood, but many of its contents suffered only minor damage.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
  • The work is carried out in three gray wooden boxes the size of footlockers that house the colony.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Definition of footlocker
Noun
  • But Paul Robinson's attorney, Michael DeRiso, said Robinson didn't know what was inside the safe.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Head into the remainder of the year with travel essentials that offer a little extra peace of mind, including luggage locks, portable travel safes, and personal alarms that can help deter pickpockets.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • For now, analysts have Nike chief executive officer Elliott Hill’s promise that the team will introduce more than a dozen footwear styles that are all new instead of going back to the vault and doing old retro shoes.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The company has built an operating model that runs like an active business rather than a passive vault.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • The coffin with the remains arrived at a central square in Sofia, where it was welcomed by thousands of Bulgarians.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Now, the book basically confirms the GOAT’s unretirement was the nail in the coffin.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of coffin

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

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