as in warehouses
a building for storing goods
a book depository
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Recent Examples of depositories
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.
—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
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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Georgia Power is among several electric companies in the South building new natural gas plants to meet the unprecedented electricity demand for data centers, warehouses packed with servers that power artificial intelligence and our digital lives.—
Kristi Swartz,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The company employs over 200 workers in its warehouses.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Large, centralized repositories of sensitive data become attractive targets.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Open-source repositories on platforms such as GitHub allow newcomers to demonstrate applied skills including work on AI security, bias mitigation, and deepfake detection.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Depositories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depositories. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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