in storage
idiom
: in a place where things can be kept safely when they are not being used
He kept his belongings in storage until he found an apartment.
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Having spent its life mothballed in storage, the car shows only 75 kilometers (just less than 47 miles) on its digital odometer.
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Howard Walker, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
More than 100 of these bombs also exist but are in storage away from these bases.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, a few thousand of the old vehicles rusted away in storage.
—David Axe, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Those steel barriers are the same type that New Orleans police had in storage, but that were not deployed on Bourbon Street ahead of the attack.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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Howard Walker, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
More than 100 of these bombs also exist but are in storage away from these bases.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, a few thousand of the old vehicles rusted away in storage.
—David Axe, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Those steel barriers are the same type that New Orleans police had in storage, but that were not deployed on Bourbon Street ahead of the attack.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for in storage
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“In storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20storage. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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