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 And because there is no central repository to breach, the risk of large-scale attacks is significantly reduced. Steven Smith, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 In this way, his work helped shape the modern understanding of what sound archives can be: not just repositories, but instruments of memory, meaning and access. Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025 Tech companies are now tapping into an older repository of knowledge: the library stacks. Matt O'Brien, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025 Around half of global trade and almost 90 percent of global foreign exchange transactions are conducted in U.S. dollars, an extraordinary repository of value that affords Washington the luxury of deficit spending that would be outrageous anywhere else. Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for repository
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Noun
  • Other units have been shipped to undisclosed customers who have put them to work in warehouses and factories.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The biggest warehouses in Amazon’s system are in Shreveport, Louisiana and in Massachusetts.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Except for these samples, no gold has been transferred to or from the depository for many years.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • These may include subsidiaries of insured depository institutions, nonbank entities approved by the OCC or state-qualified issuers.
    Chuck Zhang, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • At this time, Franz von Mendelssohn, a partner at the Mendelssohn Bank in Berlin, hid the violin in the bank’s storage.
    Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • Original price: $495 For a simple desk that provides storage and won’t take up a ton of space, this Canal three-drawer desk is a strong choice.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025

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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repository. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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