stowages

Definition of stowagesnext
plural of stowage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowages
Noun
  • Those roles fall to separate custodians and depositories.
    Sharon Wu, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Retirees who opt for gold bars often use insured third-party depositories or bank safe deposit boxes rather than home storage, which adds annual costs but also reduces theft risk and simplifies estate planning, both of which are important considerations.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • About 70% of the fire survivors in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas are unable to move back into their homes, leaving them paying high rents on temporary housing for more than a year, which has tapped out their savings and placed about half into serious debt.
    Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The subchapter, adopted by the state legislature in 1999, authorizes Hood County to regulate development in specific unincorporated areas to protect the Lake Granbury and Brazos River watershed.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Yet one thing all three have in common are their respective presidential libraries, which — as this week’s Cheryl Hall cover story highlights — are more than just brick-and-mortar historical repositories.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • These projects offer a potential solution to the long-standing debate over permanent geological repositories, shifting the paradigm from long-term burial to active, productive reuse.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The rooms All eight rooms are distinct, but feature thoughtful luxuries throughout—Matouk linens, smart TVs, and minibars stocked with wellness shots and facial masks.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Or is there room for an outlier?
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Marylanders do not want another one of these detention warehouses in our communities.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The bill’s reemergence has rankled Republican lawmakers, who said new regulation on warehouses would target some of the state’s largest employers and insert the state into the employer-employee relationship.
    CT Mirror, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The 2024 law increasing the bottle deposit fee aimed to increase redemption rates and lower the number of containers that are thrown away or littered.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The vessel must carry six 3,000-pound JMICs or two 5,100-ton containers.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The avant-garde architect Kiyonori Kikutake designed the structure as a modern homage to the Edo period takayuka-shiki souko (storehouses built on stilts).
    Jonathan DeLise, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Although that effort met resistance after the outbreak of Syria’s civil war as Israel began to regularly conduct strikes on weapons storehouses in Syria and on convoys facilitated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran still managed to keep Hezbollah armed.
    Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Stowages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowages. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

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