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as in warehouse
a building for storing goods
a distribution depot for auto parts
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as in armory
a place where military arms are stored
the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord
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Recent Examples of depot
Also in the bill is $21 billion for restocking the country’s munitions arsenal and expand production, $12 billion to improve infrastructure at military depots and shipyards, and more.
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David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2025
An oil depot in the Krasnodar Krai region where Sochi is located was also struck, though the extent of the damage remains unclear.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Additionally, the depots must maneuver through wider concerns across the country, including inflationary pressures, increasing bank interest rates and the devaluation of the taka against the U.S. dollar.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 July 2025
The freight building is just north of the Frisco Line Station, otherwise known as the Fayetteville train depot.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 16 July 2025
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David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2025
An oil depot in the Krasnodar Krai region where Sochi is located was also struck, though the extent of the damage remains unclear.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Additionally, the depots must maneuver through wider concerns across the country, including inflationary pressures, increasing bank interest rates and the devaluation of the taka against the U.S. dollar.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 July 2025
The freight building is just north of the Frisco Line Station, otherwise known as the Fayetteville train depot.
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depot
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Just this week, her team was alerted to a supply of food brought into Gaza to a local business through the private sector that's sitting in a warehouse.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Moving inventory in a warehouse efficiently is the first element for this.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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With the money, Wen was able to pay for an armory and a federal firearm license for $150,000 and listed his partner's name as the business owner to register with the Texas secretary of state.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Domestic intelligence has consistently flagged violent militia members and racially motivated extremists eyeing armories as soft targets.—
Dell Cameron,
Wired News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Unlike traditional data warehouses, lakehouses support diverse, large-scale datasets—including unstructured formats—within one repository.—
Abhik Sengupta,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Through the not-for-profit plasmid repository Addgene, PROTEUS will be available to any lab worldwide with the appropriate infrastructure, virology training, and skills in molecular biology.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 July 2025
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“Depot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depot. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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