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Definition of warehousenext
as in repository
a building for storing goods when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise

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verb

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Recent Examples of warehouse
Noun
During the event, four robots from different manufacturers completed coordinated warehouse tasks without remote control. Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026 It was first built in the seventeenth century, around the time of the Plague and the Cretan War, and has since been repurposed many times as a school, hospital, even a warehouse. Thomas Patier, Artforum, 7 May 2026
Verb
Cureate does not warehouse or distribute food products, the company buys purchases the food order and the farmer delivers it to the customer, Bryden said. Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025 Sushi dinners and speedier shopping The desire for both convenience and cheaper food options has been a boon to warehouse clubs in recent years. Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warehouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouse
Noun
  • It will be posted online in mid-2026 to Indiana University’s scholarship repository.
    Nausheena Hussain, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
  • The findings are described in a paper on the arXiv pre-print paper repository.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Transmission to people generally happens when virus-laden rodent excreta gets stirred up in dust and inhaled—for example, a person sweeping out a shed or garage with a rodent infestation without a mask.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
  • Homes, garages and sheds could also be seen surrounded by several feet of muddy, brown river and lake water.
    Sarah Brumfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ukraine has hit back with increasingly efficient long-range attacks, striking Russian energy facilities, manufacturing plants and military depots.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 May 2026
  • Crews battled a late-night fire Friday at the old train depot office building in Maplewood, Minnesota.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Shipments include six bottles total, two of each selection, so members have one to open now and one to cellar for savoring at a later date.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Structured enough to cellar, but irresistible right now.
    Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • People can get sick after breathing in contaminated particles that get stirred into the air, especially while cleaning or spending time in places where rodents have been active, like sheds, garages, barns, cabins and storage areas.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • In some cases, that means delaying repairs or patching things together, with artworks ending up in makeshift storage like garages or even bathrooms.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • To manage capacity, the shelter also relied on 968 foster volunteers to temporarily house animals.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
  • They will be flown on a flight arranged by the State Department to a specialist quarantine facility in Nebraska previously used to house patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • But today, some nuclear plants are being designed on a smaller scale, with new ways of storing spent fuel rods on site.
    Krisztian Elcsics, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • Experts recommend using a point-of-use sink filter and storing water in stainless steel or glass bottles instead of disposable plastic containers.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Leslie Day, a friend who hangared her plane near Ms. Bera’s at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Calif., outside San Diego, estimated in an interview that Ms. Bera had spent the equivalent of more than three years in the pilot’s seat.
    Daniel E. Slotnik, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The issue of high fuel prices came to the board’s attention in late spring when airport tenants – which range from flight schools, to charter aircraft, to hangar renters – began to complain to board members.
    Jordan Graham, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2017

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“Warehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warehouse. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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