as in warehouses
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 storages
Bellingcat, which uses open source data, said a video shared by a migrant worker shows what appears to be an Iranian drone hitting fuel storages in the emirate of Fujairah in early March.
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Npr Staff, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
Ukraine’s winter storages will be tapped out before the end of cold weather.
—Suriya Jayanti, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Only a few medium to large storages, big enough to fit a hefty suitcase and costing as much as $20,300 annually, are available.
—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
The frailty of China's oil sector meant that the ongoing pattern of this year of significant volumes of surplus crude were available to be added to either commercial or strategic storages.
—Clyde Russell, Reuters, 21 Oct. 2024
Npr Staff, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
Ukraine’s winter storages will be tapped out before the end of cold weather.
—Suriya Jayanti, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Only a few medium to large storages, big enough to fit a hefty suitcase and costing as much as $20,300 annually, are available.
—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
The frailty of China's oil sector meant that the ongoing pattern of this year of significant volumes of surplus crude were available to be added to either commercial or strategic storages.
—Clyde Russell, Reuters, 21 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for storages
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That flood of money has also allowed ICE to hire thousands of agents and expand the number of detention center beds, even moving to purchase warehouses to house more detainees.—
Sam Gringlas,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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The movement jumped to Apple retail locations, Trader Joe’s, Amazon warehouses, and REI.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Malware deployed via seemingly innocent GitHub repositories and embedded in blockchains, where the malware will be stored forever (and increasingly difficult to root out as the chains grow), makes for an almost unstoppable technology.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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The stands serve as sites of passing assembly—roadside water coolers—and repositories of gossip and news.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Storages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/storages. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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