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Recent Examples of depository
Parks, vacant land and the Des Plaines River all became giant snow depositories.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
On Monday, the Russian central bank filed a lawsuit seeking billions in damages from Belgium’s Euroclear depository.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
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
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
On Monday, the Russian central bank filed a lawsuit seeking billions in damages from Belgium’s Euroclear depository.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depository
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The alleged smuggling chain started with suppliers in the West Bank, passed through Israeli warehouses and ultimately reached Gaza through Israeli military convoys, sometimes during operational activity.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Canal commissioners constructed the Gaylord Building as a warehouse to help facilitate the canal project.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The company believes that directional borehole disposal could provide robust and deep isolation for many types of radioactive waste, provide flexibility in repository siting, as well as allow for modular implementation adaptable to specific waste management programs and inventories.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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After decades of serving as a reliable, authoritative public repository of basic information about countries, their economies, and their people, The World Factbook disappeared from the internet on February 4 with no advance notice.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Depository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depository. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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