depots

plural of depot
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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 Then, there would be a decommissioning process for heavy weapons, depots and tunnels once it is confirmed that the parties are upholding their commitments. Emma Nicholson, CBS News, 31 July 2026 The attacks were the latest in a series of Ukrainian strikes that hit depots belonging to Wildberries, the country’s largest online retailer, causing massive damage. ABC News, 30 July 2026 Thursday’s attacks on Wildberries warehouses brought to 14 the number of the retailer’s depots struck by Ukrainian drones in under two weeks. Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 The result of their effectiveness is clear, in frequent videos of Ukrainian strikes on refineries and oil depots that have caused fuel shortages across Russia. Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026 Instructions for pickup are discreetly communicated to health-care workers, soldiers, politicians, and cops, but word quickly gets out and the medical depots are swarmed by armed citizens desperate to save themselves. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 These companies and more are taking distinct paths toward satellite servicing, orbital refueling, in-space depots, and what the military likes to call dynamic space operations. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026 The attacks, which follow months of drone strikes on Russian oil depots and refineries, appear designed to severely disrupt Moscow's supply chains and increase the financial burden facing the country's businesses and state budget. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 July 2026 Space-rock mining could therefore enable the operation of off-Earth propellant depots, which would allow voyaging spacecraft to top off their tanks on the go and explore the solar system more deeply and ambitiously. Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depots
Noun
  • This does not render data warehouses and data lakes obsolete, though.
    Lalit Ahuja, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Exporters otherwise spoke about freight costs, taxation, bonded warehouses in overseas markets, and coordination between government agencies and the private sector.
    W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.
    Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
  • 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.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Thek had a long-standing fascination with bodies, those repositories of hope and decay, but neither show focusses much on that.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • First isolated in the 1940s by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been widely used to build nuclear arsenals by multiple countries.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
  • Rebuilding depleted arsenals will take years, with the Defense Production Act invoked to boost production.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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“Depots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depots. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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