squirreled away
Example Sentences
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Andrzejewski’s company now has 30 boxes of pennies squirreled away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
"I haven't been on wages for the past two weeks. I'm now dipping into savings, money that I've squirreled away for retirement, with no insight into exactly when this will be over."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
By January, she already felt more financially secure, having squirreled away $1,000 and knowing more would be coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
In fact, I still have a box or two of these cereals squirreled away at my house, even though I'm well into adulthood, working as an assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024
Details such as food, drink, a change of clothing, a place to sleep, and needing more than the seventeen dollars squirreled away in the zipper pouch of his book bag.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
