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as in warehouses
a building for storing goods
a distribution depot for auto parts
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as in armories
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 depots
On Sunday, Iran continued attacks on neighbors, while Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran and threatened the Islamic Republic’s power grid.
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Bloomberg News, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Israel struck oil depots in Tehran, sending up thick smoke and causing environmental alerts.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Over the weekend, Israel’s military struck oil depots in Tehran and four oil storage tankers and a petroleum transfer terminal.
—Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Regional anger grows over strikes The war toll on civilian targets grew as Bahrain accused Iran of striking a desalination plant vital to drinking water supplies, and oil depots in Tehran smoldered following overnight Israeli strikes.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
Israel targeted Iranian fuel depots, while Bahrain accused Tehran of damaging a desalination plant.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Kathryn Palmer Energy Secretary Chris Wright said there are no plans for the United States to target Iran’s oil and energy industry, after Israel struck fuel depots near Tehran overnight.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Those targets could include missile launch sites, many of them mobile; supply depots; air defense systems; and the transportation networks used to move those weapons, a former defense official told The Post.
—John Hudson, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
Ukraine has also turned to air drones to routinely strike deep into Russian territory at the Kremlin's war machine, including oil refineries, military airfields and ammunition depots.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
Bloomberg News, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Israel struck oil depots in Tehran, sending up thick smoke and causing environmental alerts.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Over the weekend, Israel’s military struck oil depots in Tehran and four oil storage tankers and a petroleum transfer terminal.
—Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Regional anger grows over strikes The war toll on civilian targets grew as Bahrain accused Iran of striking a desalination plant vital to drinking water supplies, and oil depots in Tehran smoldered following overnight Israeli strikes.
—Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
Israel targeted Iranian fuel depots, while Bahrain accused Tehran of damaging a desalination plant.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Kathryn Palmer Energy Secretary Chris Wright said there are no plans for the United States to target Iran’s oil and energy industry, after Israel struck fuel depots near Tehran overnight.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Those targets could include missile launch sites, many of them mobile; supply depots; air defense systems; and the transportation networks used to move those weapons, a former defense official told The Post.
—John Hudson, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
Ukraine has also turned to air drones to routinely strike deep into Russian territory at the Kremlin's war machine, including oil refineries, military airfields and ammunition depots.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depots
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Companies, meanwhile, would see their own bills jump for fuel and to stock items on their store shelves or in their data warehouses.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Progress in robotics Agility’s humanoid robot, Digit, has already entered the market, demonstrating its readiness to tackle the labor shortage in factories and warehouses.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
27 Nov. 2025
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Even if their small military facilities, colloquially known as armories, had physically centralized fitness resources and equipment, many would be unable to take advantage of them.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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But if access can be secured and the computational infrastructure scaled to match, such efforts could transform natural history museums from static repositories into dynamic digital biomes.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2026
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Found in Southern Germany and Switzerland, it is widely considered a strong candidate for hosting underground nuclear waste repositories.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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Russia also hopes the war pulls attention away from Ukraine and depletes Western arsenals.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Both sides will maintain adequate arsenals to keep the current tempo going for months, making this a long, long war.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Depots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depots. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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