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depot

noun

ˈde-(ˌ)pō

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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 San Diego County prosecutors will not criminally charge the San Diego police officer who fatally shot a 16-year-old as the boy fled a shooting near a downtown train depot early last year, the District Attorney’s Office said Friday. — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Russian media outlets reported two depots were hit, with one fire in Sochi and another in Sirius. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Two trailer truckloads of the famously creamy dark beer valued at 115,000 pounds ($155,000) were stolen from a depot near Liverpool in northwest England, the Cheshire Constabulary said Thursday. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 One of its drones hits a fuel depot in Romania, a NATO member, killing civilians. — David Ignatius, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for depot

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Bass was dealing with headaches all summer — from the Boyle Heights warehouse fire to a rising homeless count to the Sunset Boulevard water main break.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
The warehouse will first provide click-and-collect capabilities for Primark shoppers, with home delivery following afterward.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

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Now, officers can enjoy the convenience of the new headquarters’ training facilities, including an armory and a 50-yard gun range with shooting targets that can move around and enough space to bring in cars to train for different scenarios.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Nestled in the oldest armory in Maryland is a set of Civil War-era photographs vexing a small team of military historians.

— Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026

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In late July, open-source AI repository Hugging Face suffered a breach that apparently came from an autonomous AI program.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
OpenAI officials learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps as executives grappled with the fallout from the July breach of the open source repository Hugging Face, the people said.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

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