as in armory
a place where military arms are stored
sent the ordnance officer to the arsenal for weapons
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Recent Examples of arsenal
Since 2023, Ukraine has developed an effective arsenal of short-range First Person View (FPV) drones that now cause more than 90% of Russian casualties, according to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Israel, long concerned about Iran’s nuclear program, also sees a historic opportunity to degrade Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal and its support for armed groups across the region.
—Sam Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
The awards and their accompanying speeches are the best promotional tools potential winners have in their arsenal, especially in an era when Broadway economics have gotten crazier by the year.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 June 2026
North Korea probably has a nuclear arsenal of about 60 warheads, up from 50 a year ago, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said on Sunday, June 7.
—Jack Kim, USA Today, 8 June 2026
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Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Israel, long concerned about Iran’s nuclear program, also sees a historic opportunity to degrade Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal and its support for armed groups across the region.
—Sam Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
The awards and their accompanying speeches are the best promotional tools potential winners have in their arsenal, especially in an era when Broadway economics have gotten crazier by the year.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 June 2026
North Korea probably has a nuclear arsenal of about 60 warheads, up from 50 a year ago, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said on Sunday, June 7.
—Jack Kim, USA Today, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arsenal
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The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.—
Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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There, like a knight in a castle armory, you will be agog at the choices.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
9 May 2026
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Thick clouds of smoke could be seen for miles after a massive fire engulfed a million-square-foot medical supplies warehouse in Tracy on Thursday.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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The effect is a governance plane with uniform security policies, compliance boundaries and audit logs, spanning everything from laptops to warehouse robots, with minimal underlying hardware restrictions.—
Bill Curtis,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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“Arsenal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsenal. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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