in storage

phrase

: 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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Related Articles The dinosaur has been given the elegant name Invictibellatrix amberina, which is quite a moniker for a speciman that spent much of the past hundred years in storage. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, hundreds of costumes from the franchise’s 17-year history remain in storage in Paris, forming a physical archive of the work behind the game’s characters. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 There are about 1 million butterflies on these shelves, and another 3 million pinned in storage in the back. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026 That archive runs deep somewhere in a warehouse in New Jersey, with roughly 40,000 pieces in storage, which are currently being catalogued and mined for contemporary collections – as well as to dress the evening’s guests on this occasion. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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