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depots

noun

plural of depot

as in warehouses

a building for storing goods a distribution depot for auto parts

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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

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Tens of millions of dollars have poured into Florida campaigns from companies with visions of transforming vast stretches of land in the state’s rural pockets into warehouses.

— South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Those drones often fly far beyond the frontlines to target Russian oil refineries and energy infrastructure, factories and warehouses, or even ships in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

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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

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Today, this information often exists across procurement systems, KYC platforms, compliance applications, risk systems and contract repositories.

— Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The off-kilter production elements often function as repositories for the turmoil that Hakim’s relaxed singing and unshowy playing belie.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of repositories

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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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