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Recent Examples of depository Only thrice since the depository was established have outsiders entered the vault. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025 Who has seen inside the gold depository? Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025 Except for these samples, no gold has been transferred to or from the depository for many years. CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025 The gold depository at Fort Knox has a reputation for being impenetrable, which has gained it a place in popular culture. CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for depository
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Noun
  • Because of a Kansas law in the 1860s that outlawed public hangings, Bates-Lamborn explained that the gallows were situated inside the warehouse, away from the view of other prisoners.
    Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
  • Not central command centers barking orders, but smart nodes—ports, warehouses, carriers—feeding real-time insights into an adaptive system.
    Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Space could also be an ideal backup repository for the world’s most precious information archives.
    Michael Wu, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The Juliet Club in Verona has become the repository for these heartfelt letters – 200,000 of them.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 May 2025

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“Depository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depository. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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