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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 In the city of Noginsk, also ‌in the Moscow region, ⁠falling drone debris caused a fire to break ⁠out at an oil depot, Vorobyov said. — Reuters, NBC news, 18 July 2026 Ukraine’s General Staff said in a statement on Saturday that the fuel depot in Noginsk that was targeted overnight supplied the Russian armed forces. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 Soon, such drones were striking at will on Russian munitions depots, supply convoys, and transport routes. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 The Dangote Refinery in Lagos agreed in 2024 to set depot prices in the local currency following a government deal that involved sourcing crude oil domestically, which the plant would purchase in naira. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for depot

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The Russian edition of Forbes cited preliminary estimates suggesting Wildberries lost up to 9% of its warehouse space and that restoring that capacity might cost the company as much as 33 billion rubles ($421 million).

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
The third and final cause of action asserted by RCA sought injunctive relief against the Hus to basically stop them from continuing to complain about the warehouses.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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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

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This capability allows for longer coding sessions, large repositories, and workflows combining text, images, and other information, according to Moonshot.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
That process may reveal fake repository names the models invent regularly.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

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