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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
The driver veered off the roadway inside Floyd Bennett Field and slammed into the side of a hangar now used as a warehouse off Flatbush Ave. Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026 The company has 37 retail stores and two warehouses in the state. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 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
  • 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
  • In the summer of 2025, before killing Direct File, the federal government published most of the program’s source code on GitHub, an online repository.
    Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Each Halloween one of our neighbors decorated their yard and garage with a display that rivaled professional haunted houses.
    Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Here are five to give top priority. Basement Or Garage The basement or garage in a home is where most typically store their outdoor activity toys, lawn care items, and garden items.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Protests over the soaring cost of fuel spread disruption across Ireland on Saturday with many gas stations running dry as truck and tractor drivers staged a fifth day of blockades at the country’s sole fuel refinery and several depots.
    Brian Melley, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Trucks and tractors continued to block access to vital fuel depots and a major port, and vehicles clogging traffic led to closures of part of the main highway around Dublin, the capital, as well as sections of other major roadways.
    NBC News, NBC news, 11 Apr. 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
  • These chips handle functions such as networking, security and storage.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Lithium-ion batteries, which are used everywhere from wearables to grid-level storage facilities, have high energy densities, storing up to 300 watt-hours (Wh) per kilogram.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Altman housed OpenAI in Y Combinator’s nonprofit arm, framing it as an internal philanthropic project.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • My favorite corner housed the freestanding soaking tub, where Blue Lagoon bath salts sit on a side table for easy access.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • If your area experiences cold winters, bring them indoors in autumn, either emptied of their annuals, cleaned and stored, or still housing tropicals, evergreens or herbs, and treat them as houseplants over winter.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The enclosure is designed to store stormwater for up to a day and then to release it, slowly, once the pipes clear.
    Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 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 Apr. 2026.

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