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a building for storing goods
when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise
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Recent Examples of warehouses
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2026
Costco will not be an option for shoppers on Easter Sunday this year, as the company's website says warehouses will be closed in observation of the holiday.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
Ponce City Market was a former Sears building, and many of the city’s event venues are converted warehouses, including Pullman Yards and King Plow Arts Center.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Amazon warehouses are a good example.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Costco warehouses are closed on Easter Sunday.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Sam's Club warehouses will be closed on Easter.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 2 Apr. 2026
The agency issued its first contracts earlier in March to retrofit and operate warehouses in Arizona and Maryland.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
Gary Kline, the alliance’s new president, said the warehouses planned for the Timex site are too intensive a use for the property.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
Last year’s Keepers Release was an homage to the team who rotates the barrels in the distillery’s warehouses, something that sets Maker’s Mark apart from many other distilleries.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2026
Costco will not be an option for shoppers on Easter Sunday this year, as the company's website says warehouses will be closed in observation of the holiday.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
Ponce City Market was a former Sears building, and many of the city’s event venues are converted warehouses, including Pullman Yards and King Plow Arts Center.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Amazon warehouses are a good example.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Costco warehouses are closed on Easter Sunday.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Sam's Club warehouses will be closed on Easter.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 2 Apr. 2026
The agency issued its first contracts earlier in March to retrofit and operate warehouses in Arizona and Maryland.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
Gary Kline, the alliance’s new president, said the warehouses planned for the Timex site are too intensive a use for the property.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouses
Noun
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The intent is to substantially alter the code and thus dodge Anthropic’s copyright takedowns, which have been removing the GitHub repositories over infringement.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
1 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
Verb
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The grant builds on the bank’s ongoing community engagement in the city that houses its largest workforce, Wells Fargo said.—
Chase Jordan
April 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Some prominent commercial buildings elsewhere in Riyadh — including the Al Faisaliah Tower, which houses JPMorgan and Apple — were also evacuated over the weekend.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Over the past week, Ukrainian drones have struck Russian fuel tanks and ammunition depots some 100 kilometers (65 miles) from the front lines in Luhansk, as well as a Russian air defense system more than 130 kilometers from the region’s border, according to geolocated video.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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In Kuwait, local media reported that fuel depots of the Kuwait International Airport were set on fire on Wednesday following an attack by an Iranian drone, causing significant damage.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine’s winter storages will be tapped out before the end of cold weather.—
Suriya Jayanti,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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WineSafe and snack containers are also available.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The snack was initially sold in small bags, but cardboard boxes and cylindrical tubs later became the norm in theaters, likely because the containers didn’t make noise to access and were less prone to butter leakage, Melnick said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The avatar remembers everything, stores their entire personal history, catches every joke, and responds with flattering warmth.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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Maribel does housekeeping for an Airbnb, and MindShiftED stores its equipment in a shed on the property for free.—
Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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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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“Warehouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warehouses. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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