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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
Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The company employs over 200 workers in its warehouses.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
After the construction crews leave, these sprawling digital warehouses can be manned by a few dozen workers.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
Homes, businesses, churches and clandestine warehouses are serving as collection points for donations.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
In November, the Department of Justice seized approximately 73,000 products containing 7-OH from three Kansas City warehouses operated by Sanders in connection to a civil forfeiture case.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2026
Cooling warehouses packed with tens of thousands of them can require fields full of equipment and huge quantities of water.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
In addition to bills, the couple had two warehouses full of antiques.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
Buying the warehouses of the type often used by Amazon and other online retailers could allow federal officials to exempt themselves from many local zoning restrictions and oversight rules governing private or state-run prisons and jails.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
Georgia Power is among several electric companies in the South building new natural gas plants to meet the unprecedented electricity demand for data centers, warehouses packed with servers that power artificial intelligence and our digital lives.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The company employs over 200 workers in its warehouses.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
After the construction crews leave, these sprawling digital warehouses can be manned by a few dozen workers.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
Homes, businesses, churches and clandestine warehouses are serving as collection points for donations.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
In November, the Department of Justice seized approximately 73,000 products containing 7-OH from three Kansas City warehouses operated by Sanders in connection to a civil forfeiture case.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2026
Cooling warehouses packed with tens of thousands of them can require fields full of equipment and huge quantities of water.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
In addition to bills, the couple had two warehouses full of antiques.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
Buying the warehouses of the type often used by Amazon and other online retailers could allow federal officials to exempt themselves from many local zoning restrictions and oversight rules governing private or state-run prisons and jails.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouses
Noun
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Large, centralized repositories of sensitive data become attractive targets.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Open-source repositories on platforms such as GitHub allow newcomers to demonstrate applied skills including work on AI security, bias mitigation, and deepfake detection.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This slab of a sandwich houses everything good under one bready roof.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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And, for many of us, that's the cabinet that houses our reusable water bottles and mugs.—
Melissa Epifano,
The Spruce,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Construction continues across the network, including work on passenger stations and supporting infrastructure such as bridges, tunnels and depots.—
Keith J Fernandez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
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The software manages the complex schedule for charging buses at the depots.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ukraine’s winter storages will be tapped out before the end of cold weather.—
Suriya Jayanti,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
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The cold can also freeze liquids, crack containers and prompt chemical degradation.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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Leftovers That Need Reheating Restaurants often provide single-use plastic containers for takeout orders and leftovers.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Among the damage is a smashed statue of The Virgin Mary, other religious artifacts, like the tabernacle that stores communion, and destroyed furniture.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Prioritize email, shopping accounts, cloud storage and any service that stores payment or delivery information.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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For Keoua’s raid on Kamehameha’s storehouses, Campeau and his team built them to just burn.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Warehouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warehouses. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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