as in warehouses
a building for storing goods
nurses going back and forth to the medication repository
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Recent Examples of repositories
The vehicle information that’s captured is typically stored in the cloud, creating a massive web of data repositories.
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Jess Reia, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
The infections spanned JavaScript, TypeScript and Python repositories.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2026
Many auto parts places will pour the contents into their giant waste-oil repositories, then give you back your bucket.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 11 Mar. 2026
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, 5 Mar. 2026
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
And all centralized repositories of data that connect the identities and real-life locations of individuals, if exposed to ICE, will become tools of ethnic cleansing.
—Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026
Yet one thing all three have in common are their respective presidential libraries, which — as this week’s Cheryl Hall cover story highlights — are more than just brick-and-mortar historical repositories.
—Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
Their stories were not even preserved in the usual repositories of collective memory, such as folktale, song, and dance, Morrison speculated, because those who crossed the Atlantic with them would have been loath to share their memories.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Jess Reia, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
The infections spanned JavaScript, TypeScript and Python repositories.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2026
Many auto parts places will pour the contents into their giant waste-oil repositories, then give you back your bucket.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 11 Mar. 2026
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, 5 Mar. 2026
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
And all centralized repositories of data that connect the identities and real-life locations of individuals, if exposed to ICE, will become tools of ethnic cleansing.
—Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026
Yet one thing all three have in common are their respective presidential libraries, which — as this week’s Cheryl Hall cover story highlights — are more than just brick-and-mortar historical repositories.
—Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
Their stories were not even preserved in the usual repositories of collective memory, such as folktale, song, and dance, Morrison speculated, because those who crossed the Atlantic with them would have been loath to share their memories.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repositories
Noun
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The agency issued its first contracts earlier in March to retrofit and operate warehouses in Arizona and Maryland.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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Gary Kline, the alliance’s new president, said the warehouses planned for the Timex site are too intensive a use for the property.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Markups apply to the metals themselves, while IRA fees cover account setup, administration and storage through third-party custodians and depositories.—
Nick Perry,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Professional depositories typically conduct routine audits performed by third-party verification firms.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Repositories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repositories. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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