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 Critics, including environmental groups, argue that no repository can be guaranteed safe over such immense timescales and that uncertainties remain regarding future geological changes and container corrosion. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026 The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies. Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The software giant has direct access to millions of developers through coding repository GitHub. Jennifer Elias,jordan Novet, CNBC, 1 June 2026 Collaboration has also improved through Live Share, which allows developers to work together in real time without requiring teammates to fully clone repositories or mirror local environments. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for repository
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Noun
  • Just outside downtown, this narrow stretch of former warehouses is now lined with markets, mom-and-pop shops and restaurants that spill onto the sidewalks all summer long.
    Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • These systems are monitoring every aisle and dock in the warehouse, every floor of the hospital, every checkout of the store.
    David Caines, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Augusta is not a custodian or depository itself.
    Amy DeYoung, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • Foreign investors have sold Indian equities worth $27.6 billion since January, compared with a total of $18.9 billion in 2025, per data from the Indian depository NSDL.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Well, just one petabyte is equal to roughly 250 million high resolution photos or the storage capacity of 250,000 smartphones or 13 years' worth of continuous high-definition movies.
    David Wade, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • California is aggressively adding renewable energy to meet a 2045 goal of reaching carbon neutrality, and has installed more panels and energy storage than any US state.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repository. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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