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dead storage

American  

noun

  1. the storage of furniture, files, or other unused or seldom used items in a warehouse or other location for an indefinite period of time.


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“So there’s a commercial sitting offline in dead storage somewhere, probably in a mountain cave in Georgia, of John Elway’s Disney Super Bowl commercial from that game,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2022

The U.S. was just getting its draft machinery going again, after 17 months in dead storage.

From Time Magazine Archive

The metal it buys will be simply put in dead storage, with no certificates outstanding against it.

From Time Magazine Archive

From dead storage she could be recommissioned in 30 days.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when the wish enters upon the scene, it is as if a dead storage battery has been refreshed with new current.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

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