storage

noun

ˈstȯr-ij How to pronounce storage (audio)
Definition of storagenext
as in warehouse
a building for storing goods in colonial times the granary was one of the community's most important storages

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Recent Examples of storage Platforms are also building user-controllable storage into their products. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 There's also some storage built into the staircase beside the sofa. — New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026 Visually appealing storage containers Barnhart suggests using beautiful baskets or clear containers to group together things like snacks and dry goods. — Gabriela Ulloa, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026 The glasses have 32GB of storage, which is enough for over 1,000 photos or 100 30-second videos. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for storage
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  1. warehouse
  2. 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
Definition of warehouse
Noun
  • According to Jewish tradition, worn out sacred texts can’t be casually discarded; instead, they are stored in a geniza, a repository usually located within a synagogue or buried at a Jewish cemetery.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The former approach builds geological repositories by blasting and digging massive underground tunnels, shafts, and caverns.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of repository

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