Definition of arsenalnext
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 The most startling weapon in Brennan’s arsenal is his raw power. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Fedorov was credited with turning the tide of the war in Ukraine's favor, increasing Ukraine's strikes deep into Russia tenfold and bolstering its domestic arsenal. CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 The Warriors return an arsenal of receivers, led by senior Yuto Kawamura-Johnson. Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 One solution Ukraine is working on to plug this critical capability gap is modernizing its arsenal of older S-300 systems inherited from the Soviet Union and building new missiles for them. Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for arsenal
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Noun
  • Among his many murals are the Jackson 5 mural on Broadway in Gary and a Michigan City mural near the armory.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The guard member from West Virginia said that normally, on domestic deployments, he was used to sleeping on the floor of an armory, maybe without electricity, and eating ready-to-eat military meals.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • Mayor Karen Bass questions the progress and said that city personnel were inside the warehouse earlier today and that food waste remains.
    Julie Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The state’s largest electric utility is planning to add an unprecedented amount of new electricity capacity by 2030 to meet the power needs of the massive warehouses filled with computer servers.
    Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Arsenal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsenal. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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