re·pos·i·to·ry
ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē 
plural repositories
1
: a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
2
: a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday
3
: one that contains or stores something nonmaterial
considered the book a repository of knowledge
4
: a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource
5
: a person to whom something is confided or entrusted
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
Examples of repository in a Sentence
Noun
a repository for nuclear waste
He is the repository of many secrets.
She is the repository of her family's history.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
No shared repository; no documentation; no dashboard anyone else can pick up.
—Mike Whitmire, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The software giant has direct access to millions of developers through coding repository GitHub.
—Jennifer Elias,jordan Novet, CNBC, 1 June 2026
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Noun
Countries including Sweden, France, Canada, the United States, and others have spent decades exploring deep geological repositories as the preferred solution for managing highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
No shared repository; no documentation; no dashboard anyone else can pick up.
—Mike Whitmire, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The software giant has direct access to millions of developers through coding repository GitHub.
—Jennifer Elias,jordan Novet, CNBC, 1 June 2026
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re·pos·i·to·ry
ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
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