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 In order to support the sellers, Wildberries offered discounts on storage fees, the free transfer of goods to other facilities, discounted loans at the Wildberries Bank and other measures. — Dasha Litvinova, Fortune, 24 July 2026 Estimates suggest that a single bit of information requires around 200,000 electrons for reliable storage. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 The development team is asking for changes to the property’s zoning that would allow for outdoor storage of 25 trucks and installation of a 10-foot fence around the storage area. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 Cadaver dogs searched the storage facility, including the garbage areas, and did not find a body. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for storage
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  1. warehouse
  2. repository
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  • The Russian edition of Forbes cited preliminary estimates suggesting Wildberries lost up to 9% of its warehouse space and that restoring that capacity might cost the company as much as 33 billion rubles ($421 million).
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • The third and final cause of action asserted by RCA sought injunctive relief against the Hus to basically stop them from continuing to complain about the warehouses.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of warehouse
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  • This capability allows for longer coding sessions, large repositories, and workflows combining text, images, and other information, according to Moonshot.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • That process may reveal fake repository names the models invent regularly.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of repository

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“Storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/storage. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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