Definition of depotnext
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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 And several days later, on June 22, the work order was closed by a high-level manager, removing the bus from the depot’s list of to-do repairs. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026 Kodiak driverless trucks expand to a second depot Atlas previously operated its driverless trucks from one load-out location at a time. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Before the sun came out, Superintendent Howard Hepburn started his day at the bus depot in Davie. Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Given the train’s proximity to Yosemite—the national park’s south entrance is minutes away from the depot in Fish Camp, California—most visitors understandably tend to bundle a ride on the railroad into their national park trip. Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for depot
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Noun
  • Mayor Karen Bass questions the progress and said that city personnel were inside the warehouse earlier today and that food waste remains.
    Julie Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The state’s largest electric utility is planning to add an unprecedented amount of new electricity capacity by 2030 to meet the power needs of the massive warehouses filled with computer servers.
    Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • See The Sight Of John Brown's Raid Near the rivers sits the original armory guard house, where in 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a legendary but ultimately unsuccessful slave revolt.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
  • During the Vietnam War, irate protesters splashed blood on military recruiters and firebombed the local armory.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • The useful record names the upstream repository and its exact revision, the account that published the conversion, and the conversion and quantization recipe.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Building a comprehensive repository to chase a question that science has already answered inverts the logic of research.
    Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Depot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depot. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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