for storage
idiom
: for the purpose of being put away when not being used
The table folds down for storage.
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Shares of Seagate, Sandisk, and Western Digital have also soared as the need for storage balloons, giving these companies immense pricing power over their customers.
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Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
One possibility is converting the four-story sugar mill building, which is currently just used for storage.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Factors like its age, physical structure, burnup characteristics and the fact that it is already sealed in canisters designed for storage and transport — not chemical separation — all matter.
—Mike Levin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
This then will drive demand for storage technologies to support this archival data growth.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
One possibility is converting the four-story sugar mill building, which is currently just used for storage.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Factors like its age, physical structure, burnup characteristics and the fact that it is already sealed in canisters designed for storage and transport — not chemical separation — all matter.
—Mike Levin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
This then will drive demand for storage technologies to support this archival data growth.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for for storage
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“For storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20storage. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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