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
During the encounter, Carroll was stabbed and shot by Banis, whose body was then wrapped in a large plastic storage container, sealed with foam and lime, and buried under the basement floor of the home.
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Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
This project is focused on bumping the agency’s operations to include 30 ten-car trains per hour, or more than 300 additional railcars total, alongside other improvements such as a new control system, a new railcar storage yard in Hayward and adding more power substations to improve service.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Design your garden to include pathways, critter barriers, storage, and seating.
—Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
All that remains of the old church is the DJ booth, now used for sample storage.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
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Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
This project is focused on bumping the agency’s operations to include 30 ten-car trains per hour, or more than 300 additional railcars total, alongside other improvements such as a new control system, a new railcar storage yard in Hayward and adding more power substations to improve service.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Design your garden to include pathways, critter barriers, storage, and seating.
—Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
All that remains of the old church is the DJ booth, now used for sample storage.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for storage
Noun
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The alleged smuggling chain started with suppliers in the West Bank, passed through Israeli warehouses and ultimately reached Gaza through Israeli military convoys, sometimes during operational activity.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Canal commissioners constructed the Gaylord Building as a warehouse to help facilitate the canal project.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The company believes that directional borehole disposal could provide robust and deep isolation for many types of radioactive waste, provide flexibility in repository siting, as well as allow for modular implementation adaptable to specific waste management programs and inventories.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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After decades of serving as a reliable, authoritative public repository of basic information about countries, their economies, and their people, The World Factbook disappeared from the internet on February 4 with no advance notice.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/storage. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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