lockbox

noun

Definition of lockboxnext
as in strongbox

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Recent Examples of lockbox 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 Upgrade Your Front Door Area Your front door is where buyers stand while their agent unlocks the lockbox. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026 Nothing erodes confidence faster than fumbling for lockboxes, waiting on unresponsive listing agents, or showing a space that clearly doesn’t fit. — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 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
  • The law paved the way for thousands of victims to sue their abusers but has been criticized for draining the coffers of local governments.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • An unpopular and seemingly arbitrary Forever War is hemorrhaging money from the state coffers.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 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
  • The event featured live music, free giveaways that included Chromebooks, gas cards and biometric gun safes, and presentations from guests who spoke about safety.
    — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The group shattered windows, stole or attempted to steal cash, register drawers and safes.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • Renovate a radiation-oncology vault, modernize the emergency department, build a cardiology clinic, add telehealth at two rural clinics, and deploy mobile mammography.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
  • When stored in the cloud, a user’s videos will be kept in what Ring says is effectively a secure digital vault to which only the user has the key.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • After the church service, the crowd climbed up a steep hill and followed the hearses transporting the coffins to a nearby cemetery.
    — Evens Sanon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Since Harald's death Friday morning, tens of thousands of Norwegians have expressed their grief by laying flowers, writing cards and lighting candles in front of the royal palace in Oslo, where the coffin arrived late Friday from the hospital.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of coffin

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“Lockbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lockbox. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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