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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Michael Wu, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The Juliet Club in Verona has become the repository for these heartfelt letters – 200,000 of them.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 May 2025
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Donald Trump has never been a repository of wisdom, but his policies are serving the unintended purpose of generating it among the American people.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
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Noun
Space could also be an ideal backup repository for the world’s most precious information archives.
—Michael Wu, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The Juliet Club in Verona has become the repository for these heartfelt letters – 200,000 of them.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 May 2025
Senator Gary Peters, ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and a Michigan Democrat, has sent letters to federal agencies requesting details about DOGE's access to internal IT systems and data repositories.
—Dan Cody, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Donald Trump has never been a repository of wisdom, but his policies are serving the unintended purpose of generating it among the American people.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repository. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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repository
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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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