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.
—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
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
Noun
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Twice-Baked Pistachio Croissants are also popping up in warehouses this spring.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
18 May 2026
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Project Tango’s data center would span a million square feet, with nearly 2 million additional square feet of warehouses on the 202-acre site.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The source code repositories include private signing certificates, which OpenAI uses to indicate the company’s apps are legit and trustworthy.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2026
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Over the past decade, supply-chain attacks on open source repositories have become increasingly common.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Depositories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depositories. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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