How to Use safe-deposit box in a Sentence

safe-deposit box

noun

• Today, the subject is what should stay out of the safe-deposit box.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
• Dahlen keeps his treasured NFL jewelry in a safe-deposit box at a bank near his home.
  — Tom Fitzgerald, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2019
• The gang of mostly elderly men drilled through a concrete vault wall and ransacked more than 70 safe-deposit boxes.
  — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2018
• They may be locked in a safe-deposit box, wrapped in tissue in a closet or entombed in a plastic container in a storage unit.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• After speaking with a conservator, Phelps put acid-free paper between the pages and put it in a safe-deposit box.
  — Ben Simon St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• Slipping them on would require Neal Dahlen driving to the bank near his home in Aurora, Colo., and retrieving them from a safe-deposit box.
  — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• The letter did state that if a customer has a safe-deposit box, the owner of the box will need to go to the Summit branch no later than Nov. 19 to remove the contents or call the bank to make other arrangements.
  — Bob Bong, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2021
• Dinklage is effective as a ruthless mobster who loves his (maybe) mother and the diamonds in her safe-deposit box.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2021
• Password managers are programs that keep all your login details in an online safe-deposit box.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Seattle Times, 19 Feb. 2019
• While some are worn regularly, hordes of these watches languish in dark places, from the safe-deposit boxes of Saudi princes to, perhaps, your sock drawer.
  — WSJ, 18 Apr. 2018
• Unlike One57, with its reputation as a safe-deposit box in the sky, real New Yorkers allegedly wanted to live there.
  — Curbed, 16 Sep. 2022
• Dear Readers: There are some documents, certificates and other valuable items that might be better held in your bank’s safe-deposit box rather than in a shoe box under the bed or in the closet at home.
  — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2020
• As a proxy for value, an NFT isn’t much different from the words grandmother’s jeweled brooch on a list in your safe-deposit box or your insurer’s filing cabinet.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2022
• The cards also include helpful reminders such as to not keep your original will in a safe-deposit box, which can be inaccessible upon your death.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2020
• They were found in a safe-deposit box belonging to the daughter of Louisiana’s former top police official.
  — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• Protect your important papers from ruin or theft by keeping them secure in a safe-deposit box, or a fireproof, water-resistant safe in your home.
  — Mary Crawley, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2017
• Extremely important papers, insurance, deeds, etc., are in my safe-deposit box.
  — Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
• Fireblocks has developed what is effectively a safe-deposit box for cryptocurrencies, along with a crypto version of the Swift money-transfer network used by banks.
  — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2021
• But spurred by Hughes’s inquiry, Howland’s son discovered a trove of Bellow letters, as well as previously unpublished fiction and non-fiction, in a safe-deposit box.
  — Abigail Deutsch, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• On June 2, according to notarial records available online, the foundation board approved a revision of the deed to give Gevers single-signature access to its bank accounts and safe-deposit boxes.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, WIRED, 18 June 2018
• After years of having more than one identity (rather like fictional spies having a safe-deposit box full of passports) companies are electing, or being forced, to show more allegiance to a particular country.
  — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
• Bad money drives good money out of circulation and into safe-deposit boxes, a fundamental truth worth remembering even if your bank account consists of nothing but digital ones and zeros.
  — James Grant, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2020
• The new plan suspends that deduction for employee business expenses paid after 2017, including legal fees, accounting fees, tax-prep fees, investment advice, safe-deposit boxes, etc.
  — Erin Arvedlund, Philly.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• The change removed deductions for unreimbursed employee expenses for travel, meals and entertainment, union dues, uniforms, subscriptions, safe-deposit box fees, and tax-preparation fees among others.
  — WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019

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