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repository

noun

ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē

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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 Building a comprehensive repository to chase a question that science has already answered inverts the logic of research. — Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026 The robotic mayor and the museum — a repository of artifacts, displays and interactive exhibits on the first floor of Village Hall that formally opens to the public next week — doesn’t gloss over that chapter of Rosemont history. — Christopher Placek, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 And since the United States has no centralized waste repository, the still-radioactive waste will remain on site. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026 But Deep Isolation is betting the economics work out far cheaper than building massive repositories such as Yucca Mountain. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repository

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Mayor Karen Bass questions the progress and said that city personnel were inside the warehouse earlier today and that food waste remains.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
The state’s largest electric utility is planning to add an unprecedented amount of new electricity capacity by 2030 to meet the power needs of the massive warehouses filled with computer servers.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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Kestou filed a motion last December to dismiss the charge, arguing the fire, not his storage of the canisters, caused Salter's death.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
There, satellite imagery reviewed by CNN shows the Christophe de Margerie sidled up against a sprawling floating storage unit, in a formation typical of ship-to-ship cargo transfers.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

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