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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
The company told IndyStar that to serve its customers and provide a variety of schedule options for employees, depots operate around the clock.
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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 8 Oct. 2025
Whereas Black Ops 6 relished in the texture of its period setting, giving players maps ranging from a warlord’s villa filled with luxury cars or dilapidated bus depots overgrown with foliage, BLOPS 7 has a superficial glossiness to each of its levels.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
According to an investigative report compiled by the Middle East Forum, using on-the-ground sources embedded in Iranian military installations across Syria since 2018, Iran has not only constructed underground tunnels and weapons depots for its disposal.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The pencil-thin dining room was introduced as part of the train depot’s 2014 renovation.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 8 Oct. 2025
Whereas Black Ops 6 relished in the texture of its period setting, giving players maps ranging from a warlord’s villa filled with luxury cars or dilapidated bus depots overgrown with foliage, BLOPS 7 has a superficial glossiness to each of its levels.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
According to an investigative report compiled by the Middle East Forum, using on-the-ground sources embedded in Iranian military installations across Syria since 2018, Iran has not only constructed underground tunnels and weapons depots for its disposal.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The pencil-thin dining room was introduced as part of the train depot’s 2014 renovation.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depot
Noun
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In northern Michigan, Dana Tuller is starting her third job as a warehouse sorter.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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They are now being held indefinitely in warehouses in Belgium as the United States has discontinued many of its foreign assistance programs.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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In October 1859, Brown led a 21-man raid on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, part of Virginia at the time.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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That led to the establishment of a federal armory that by the time of the John Brown raid had produced over a half million guns for the government.—
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10 Oct. 2025
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Rezzolla and Ecker's research is published in a on the pre-print paper repository arXiv.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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This novel is a repository for those pressing questions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Depot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depot. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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