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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June 18, CBS News, 18 June 2025
In 2023, Toyota Motor Europe revealed a data exposure stemming from cloud credentials stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository.
—Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The Trap Cave is a repository for all kinds of organic material, including ancient pollen.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
In the absence of complete official records from government sources, external, independent organizations that also monitor the presidency, like The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have become crucial repositories.
—Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
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Noun
Yucca Mountain in Nevada was later selected to house this repository.
—June 18, CBS News, 18 June 2025
In 2023, Toyota Motor Europe revealed a data exposure stemming from cloud credentials stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository.
—Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The Trap Cave is a repository for all kinds of organic material, including ancient pollen.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
In the absence of complete official records from government sources, external, independent organizations that also monitor the presidency, like The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have become crucial repositories.
—Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repository. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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repository
adjective
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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