reposits

present tense third-person singular of reposit
as in stores
to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability the radioactive waste will be stored on-site until it can be reposited elsewhere

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  • In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.
    Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • Rigorous testing The new device is a supercapacitor, a type of energy-storage technology that stores energy by separating electrical charges rather than through chemical reactions.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
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  • Pace’s pass-rush potential keeps him in the fold, but Flores prefers not to play him on passing downs.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • The microbe lives under the eyelid and keeps producing the anti-inflammatory protein over time.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
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“Reposits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reposits. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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