How to Use depository in a Sentence

depository

noun
  • The bank is used as a depository for government funds.
  • Many have likened the depository to a bank that doesn’t do any lending.
    Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram.com, 12 June 2017
  • Except for these samples, no gold has been transferred to or from the depository for many years.
    CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • But, hey, what is staff if not a depository for hopefully empty threats?
    Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The firm allows clients to purchase physical gold and coins on the website and ship them to their home or depository.
    Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The structure and content of the depository is known only by a few, and no one knows all the procedures to open the vault.
    Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Likewise, silver bars may require a depository for storage, which comes with fees.
    Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • The company has structured the program to help the depository banks grow.
    Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2021
  • Any bank that doesn’t send in full reports to Dallas could be banned from being used as a depository for city money for five years.
    Dallas News, 2 May 2022
  • The bank did, in fact, have sufficient assets on hand to meet its depository requirements.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For direct purchases, customers can choose to have their metals shipped to their home or stored in a secure depository.
    Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • Nearman said the public was welcome to go to any state depository — these are mostly public libraries — and read the code there.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The books are only one of many reasons to visit these dependable depositories.
    Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
  • There’s still no permanent depository for the waste from the reactors.
    Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The three most common options are home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
    Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
  • As a result, River Birch became the sole depository for storm debris in the area.
    Richard Rainey, NOLA.com, 17 May 2017
  • The branch will have a drive-up teller window outside, along with a drive-up ATM and night depository.
    David Anderson, The Aegis, 18 May 2018
  • All three have depository shares that trade in London and shed more than 50% of their value on Monday.
    Michael Wursthorn, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Cousin said the surge in egg prices, for instance, meant the food depository had to switch to buying medium eggs instead of large ones in order to source the same amount of product.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The Middle East remains the world’s key depository of both—aside from the US.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • My parents’ letterbox became a depository for estate agent ads and, once, a handwritten note from a stranger asking to buy their house.
    Dani McCarthy, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2020
  • The depository stores more than $1 billion in assets, Coleman said.
    Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2025
  • What was once a cold, dusty depository of off-season clothes, castoff furniture and suitcases is now a warm, inviting bedroom and bathroom suite.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Doing so also would require storage in a depository.
    Kevin Fixler june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
  • The coins or bullions placed in segregated storage are also the exact ones removed from the depository.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Storage and security are key concerns, whether that means investing in a home safe or paying for a secure depository.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Some investors use home safes, while others prefer third-party depositories that offer insured storage.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • He was arraigned on charges of larceny from a building, unarmed burglary, and breaking into a depository.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
  • The depository is, naturally, the only one of its kind in the United States.
    Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Stanford joined the federal depository the same year it was founded, in 1895.
    Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2025

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