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 These include national repositories and programs developing biological atlases, common data standards and datasets suitable for computational modeling. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026 The hoarder’s house functions as the deferred dream, the repository of all frustration. — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Never publish it in a public code repository or leave it sitting in a document that other people can access. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 At the federal level, officials and Congress are continuing to search for locations that could serve as interim storage sites for spent nuclear fuel until a permanent repository can be built. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for repository

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That information isn’t housed in a database, data warehouse or data lake.

— Dean Leavitt, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Our product managers go to the customer’s warehouse and watch the real operation.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 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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Storyteller Overland Storyteller also enhances the rear’s role as a storage garage, adding MOLLE-style organizational panels to the underside of the bed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Officer Christopher Savage later found a Kimber XPro handgun in the front passenger seat storage area.

— Steven Mross, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026

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