lockbox

noun

Definition of lockboxnext
as in strongbox

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Recent Examples of lockbox Postcard Cabins makes the extra effort to encourage you to unplug, providing a wooden lockbox to tuck your phone away. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 The megatext should feel like an undiscovered continent, not a lockbox with an unknown code. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 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
  • The strongbox, which is painted with flowers and birds, has a false keyhole on the front; the real keyhole is hidden underneath a bolt on its lid.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of strongbox
Noun
  • Once the taxpayer money lands in the coffers of Donalds’ businesses, how it’s used and how much executives are paid is not publicly reported.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Kirk even suggested that large corporations might underwrite the televising of executions to raise money for public coffers.
    — Odette Yousef, NPR, 15 Oct. 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
  • The footlocker was not owned by the man’s father, officials said.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of footlocker
Noun
  • Apartments could come with little more than a sink, leaving tenants to supply everything from shelves to food safes.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Utilize 24/7 alarms with CCTV to monitor the perimeter of your business, the inside, and any objects or merchandise that may be targeted, such as ATMs, safes, and cash registers.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • Kaylia Nemour of Algeria recovered from a misstep on vault in the all-around finals on Friday that cost her a medal to easily defend her gold on uneven bars.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Thankfully, Brian and Murtagh find their way to the vault just as the water is reaching the top and, using all of their strength, pry the lid open.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • Essentially, both cremation and coffin-burial practices are pretty bad for the environment.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Chicago extinguished New England's last-minute comeback bid courtesy of exceptional clock management by coach Johnson and a nail-in-the-coffin, career-best 58-yard field goal from Cairo Santos.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of coffin

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“Lockbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lockbox. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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