Definition of repositorynext
as in warehouse
a building for storing goods nurses going back and forth to the medication repository

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Recent Examples of repository LeCun has argued that video data can help train world models, but Manycore and Huang instead think the startup’s vast repository of 3D assets will be a more useful data set. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 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 Malware deployed via seemingly innocent GitHub repositories and embedded in blockchains, where the malware will be stored forever (and increasingly difficult to root out as the chains grow), makes for an almost unstoppable technology. Jessica Klein, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repository
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Noun
  • In September 2025, the chain filed for a permit to make $750,000 worth of improvements to a Boise warehouse, tacking on another 10,000 square feet of space to the 30,000-square-foot building.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
  • This will be the 15th year EDC has taken place in Las Vegas, and the 29th year overall (the festival began as a warehouse concert in Los Angeles).
    Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • However, the upside of working with a depository is that insurance is usually included.
    Amy DeYoung, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • The Middle East remains the world’s key depository of both—aside from the US.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • People can get sick after breathing in contaminated particles that get stirred into the air, especially while cleaning or spending time in places where rodents have been active, like sheds, garages, barns, cabins and storage areas.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • In some cases, that means delaying repairs or patching things together, with artworks ending up in makeshift storage like garages or even bathrooms.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 May 2026

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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repository. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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