as in warehouse
a building for storing goods nurses going back and forth to the medication repository

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Recent Examples of repository 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 See All Example Sentences for repository
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Noun
  • The company’s old headquarters sit directly next to Nowadays, a bar and night club that occupies a warehouse and an adjacent, tree-laden lot.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
  • In a further sign that Hamas, which has been controlling the flow of food and supplies, is losing its grip, a mob broke into a warehouse in central Gaza to take flour.
    The Editors, National Review, 29 May 2025
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  • Many American depository receipts (ADRs) of South African producers have done exceptionally well so far in 2025, with Sibanye Stillwater up about 50%, AngloGold Ashanti and DRDGold both up 93% to 94%, and Harmony Gold up a remarkable 113%.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • To qualify, the gold in the IRA must meet the IRS’ purity standards, and the gold must be held by an authorized storage facility, such as an approved depository.
    Kat Tretina, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
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  • But this also puts it in direct competition with vendors that have stronger application-layer ecosystems and more focused storage plays.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Box — The stock jumped nearly 11% following the cloud storage company’s earnings and revenue beat for its fiscal first quarter.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 28 May 2025

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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repository. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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