depository

noun

di-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē How to pronounce depository (audio)
Definition of depositorynext
as in warehouse
a building for storing goods a book depository

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Recent Examples of depository Those jobs belong to a separate custodian, who manages the retirement account paperwork, and a depository, who keeps the metals secure. — USA Today, 21 July 2026 This was the first trading day in Korea since SK Hynix listed American depository receipts on the Nasdaq. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2026 Doing so also would require storage in a depository. — Kevin Fixler june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026 He was arraigned on charges of larceny from a building, unarmed burglary, and breaking into a depository. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for depository
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  1. warehouse
  2. repository
Noun
  • Images of Russian delivery warehouses and refineries ablaze have punctured the veneer of safety Moscow has tried to maintain four years into the war.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • In the Poltava region, next to Dnipropetrovsk region in the west, a drone strike hit warehouses at a private enterprise, killing one person, said regional head Vitalii Diakivnych.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of warehouse
Noun
  • This capability allows for longer coding sessions, large repositories, and workflows combining text, images, and other information, according to Moonshot.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • That process may reveal fake repository names the models invent regularly.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
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