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Recent Examples of depository Jumbo rates were lower than conventional rates for the third straight week, as some depositories may be positioning themselves for growth in balance sheet lending, according to Kan. Applications to refinance a home loan dropped 7% for the week and were 25% higher than the same week one year ago. Diana Olick, CNBC, 16 July 2025 Parks, vacant land and the Des Plaines River all became giant snow depositories. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025 The depository has more than 60,000 rock samples from Antarctica and the southern oceans. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2025 Texans will be able to use their gold and silver holdings, stored in the state's bullion depository, for payments through electronic systems such as mobile apps or debit cards. James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for depository
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Noun
  • This year, there’s an especially exciting addition to the warehouse club’s holiday lineup—the return of books.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The nonprofit created the 1,400-square-foot grocery store by adding a wall to its existing warehouse.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That includes backup systems, cloud repositories, and any vendor systems operating on the employer’s behalf.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Farther east, the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang became a repository of documents, art, and sacred texts.
    Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Depository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depository. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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