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a building for storing goods
nurses going back and forth to the medication repository
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Recent Examples of repositories
The source code repositories include private signing certificates, which OpenAI uses to indicate the company’s apps are legit and trustworthy.
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 May 2026
Over the past decade, supply-chain attacks on open source repositories have become increasingly common.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
In March, a vulnerability in Lilli, the internal generative AI platform used by McKinsey, showed how quickly enterprise systems can become repositories of sensitive data.
—Girish Joshi, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The scores offer one of the most concentrated public repositories of college athlete feedback.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Rather like Indian gurus in nineteen-sixties hippie culture, the Jews were assumed to be repositories of every kind of mystical and human elevation.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
More recently, these systems are using artificial intelligence to create a vast, searchable database that can be integrated with other law enforcement data repositories.
—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
Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 May 2026
Over the past decade, supply-chain attacks on open source repositories have become increasingly common.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
In March, a vulnerability in Lilli, the internal generative AI platform used by McKinsey, showed how quickly enterprise systems can become repositories of sensitive data.
—Girish Joshi, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The scores offer one of the most concentrated public repositories of college athlete feedback.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Rather like Indian gurus in nineteen-sixties hippie culture, the Jews were assumed to be repositories of every kind of mystical and human elevation.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
More recently, these systems are using artificial intelligence to create a vast, searchable database that can be integrated with other law enforcement data repositories.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repositories
Noun
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Twice-Baked Pistachio Croissants are also popping up in warehouses this spring.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
18 May 2026
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Project Tango’s data center would span a million square feet, with nearly 2 million additional square feet of warehouses on the 202-acre site.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Professional depositories typically conduct routine audits performed by third-party verification firms.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Repositories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repositories. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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