safe-deposit box
Example Sentences
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In previous years, schemes touting investors’ ability to hold IRA-designated gold at home or in a safe-deposit box left customers with six-figure tax bills.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
The hush money caught the attention of the federal authorities, leading them in April 2018 to search Cohen’s home and office; a hotel room where he was staying; and a safe-deposit box.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2024
To keep his cash safe, Ruiz stored it in a safe-deposit box in Beverly Hills.
From Slate • Feb. 7, 2024
In 2013, at a friend’s urging, Mrs. Thomas returned to the Washington bank where she had stored her husband’s old black-leather briefcase in a safe-deposit box.
From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2019
It opens a safe-deposit box at our bank.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
