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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
The town, which has a population of around 50,000 people, is known for being industrial and is home to numerous depots and factories.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
The move followed service charge increases at private inland container depots (ICDs) near the port.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
For decades, major military powers and humanitarian agencies have established forward bases and supply depots from which materials can be quickly deployed.
—David Szondy
october 13, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
The company told IndyStar that to serve its customers and provide a variety of schedule options for employees, depots operate around the clock.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 8 Oct. 2025
Whereas Black Ops 6 relished in the texture of its period setting, giving players maps ranging from a warlord’s villa filled with luxury cars or dilapidated bus depots overgrown with foliage, BLOPS 7 has a superficial glossiness to each of its levels.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
According to an investigative report compiled by the Middle East Forum, using on-the-ground sources embedded in Iranian military installations across Syria since 2018, Iran has not only constructed underground tunnels and weapons depots for its disposal.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In addition to plans for fuel depots in orbit, which SpaceX hopes to use to service missions with the Starship and Superheavy, OOR is also being investigated for the sake of satellite refueling.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Officials chose not to shoot down the drones because the risk was too great with the airport being full of passengers, planes on the runways and the nearby fuel depots, Jespersen added.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
The move followed service charge increases at private inland container depots (ICDs) near the port.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
For decades, major military powers and humanitarian agencies have established forward bases and supply depots from which materials can be quickly deployed.
—David Szondy
october 13, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
The company told IndyStar that to serve its customers and provide a variety of schedule options for employees, depots operate around the clock.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 8 Oct. 2025
Whereas Black Ops 6 relished in the texture of its period setting, giving players maps ranging from a warlord’s villa filled with luxury cars or dilapidated bus depots overgrown with foliage, BLOPS 7 has a superficial glossiness to each of its levels.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
According to an investigative report compiled by the Middle East Forum, using on-the-ground sources embedded in Iranian military installations across Syria since 2018, Iran has not only constructed underground tunnels and weapons depots for its disposal.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In addition to plans for fuel depots in orbit, which SpaceX hopes to use to service missions with the Starship and Superheavy, OOR is also being investigated for the sake of satellite refueling.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Officials chose not to shoot down the drones because the risk was too great with the airport being full of passengers, planes on the runways and the nearby fuel depots, Jespersen added.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depots
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Sam's Club warehouses will be closed on Thanksgiving, according to the company's website.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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While warehouses may have won investors’ attention in the last five years, given the growth of e-commerce, IOS has delivered twice the rent growth and has roughly half the vacancy rate of the bulk warehouse sector, according to a report from Newmark.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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How the agent works Aardvark continuously monitors source code repositories, analyzing commits, scanning for vulnerabilities, and prioritizing which ones matter most.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Our current ideas about archives as these infinite repositories feel like a bit of a fiction.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Given the Yankees’ success adjusting pitchers’ arsenals and harnessing their strengths, Imai’s pitch mix could get even better in their organization.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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This is no small feat given that the criminals’ bank accounts and arsenals are fed with narco-dollars by tens of millions of cocaine users in the West.—
Gustavo Petro,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Depots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depots. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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