Thesaurus results for REPOSITORY

repository

noun

ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē

Definition of repository

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 Under his direction, the CDC sent out an alert to hospitals and researchers, asking them to test samples of unidentified fungal pathogens in their repositories going back decades. — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 27 Oct. 2026 A lot of the drag in modern organizations comes from context scattered across project tracking, documentation, email and messaging, code repositories and domain-specific tools. — Joel Burleson-Davis, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Her great-grandnephew, who also chairs her foundation, has sought to realize that temple, which would act as a repository for her art and keep it out of museums, but no such plan to open the structure has materialized yet. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 That's more in line with tasks that use multipage documents, code repositories, or scientific datasets. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repository

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The second-generation model builds on the company’s existing deployments, with a stronger focus on reliability, serviceability, and sustained performance in demanding warehouse environments.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
As a reward for their performance, this same Texas firm (that was single-source contracted to implement getting cheap drugs) got another huge state contract for a warehouse.

— Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

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But most of it is locked in Euroclear, a Belgian securities depository, and Brussels fears that handing over the assets will result in court cases that eventually force it to pay Moscow back.

— Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
After a brief hiatus in July and August, foreign investors have resumed selling Indian equities in September, data from depository firm NSDL showed.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

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Unlike many modern utility-scale solar facilities, the Baltimore Drive project will not include battery energy storage.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
In Aramco’s results statement, Nasser emphasized the company’s ongoing efforts to expand overseas storage capacity and identify alternative export routes, further bolstering its global supply network.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

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