as in warehouses
a building for storing goods
a book depository
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Recent Examples of depositories
Markups apply to the metals themselves, while IRA fees cover account setup, administration and storage through third-party custodians and depositories.
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 24 Mar. 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
Nick Perry, USA Today, 24 Mar. 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
Noun
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The agency issued its first contracts earlier in March to retrofit and operate warehouses in Arizona and Maryland.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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Gary Kline, the alliance’s new president, said the warehouses planned for the Timex site are too intensive a use for the property.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
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The vehicle information that’s captured is typically stored in the cloud, creating a massive web of data repositories.—
Jess Reia,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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The infections spanned JavaScript, TypeScript and Python repositories.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Depositories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depositories. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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