as in warehouses
a building for storing goods
a book depository
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Recent Examples of depositories
Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
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Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Professional depositories typically conduct routine audits performed by third-party verification firms.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
Parks, vacant land and the Des Plaines River all became giant snow depositories.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
The oil depositories of the Persian Gulf remain vital to the global economy.
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Ray Takeyh,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Dec. 2025
Belgium, the home of Euroclear, one of the continent’s chief securities depositories, is wary of taking on the sole legal responsibility for the maneuver.
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Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
27 Nov. 2025
The rest is spread between depositories in West Point, Denver, and a vault 80 feet (24 meters) below the Fed’s building in lower Manhattan.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Professional depositories typically conduct routine audits performed by third-party verification firms.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
Parks, vacant land and the Des Plaines River all became giant snow depositories.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
The oil depositories of the Persian Gulf remain vital to the global economy.
—
Ray Takeyh,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Dec. 2025
Belgium, the home of Euroclear, one of the continent’s chief securities depositories, is wary of taking on the sole legal responsibility for the maneuver.
—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
27 Nov. 2025
The rest is spread between depositories in West Point, Denver, and a vault 80 feet (24 meters) below the Fed’s building in lower Manhattan.
—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depositories
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Randy Fink spent much of the 2010s in Atlanta, at a time when money abundantly flowed to finance new office buildings, warehouses and mixed-use districts throughout the region.
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Ukrainian mid-range drone operators increasingly target ammunition deliveries, fuel trucks, troop transports, maintenance facilities, warehouses and logistics hubs that sustain Russian combat operations.
Noun
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However, this volume highlights the urgent global need for permanent deep geological repositories or widespread reprocessing to safely manage long-term waste.
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Integration with core banking platforms and document repositories deserves deliberate architecture.
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“Depositories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depositories. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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