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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
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
The company currently has 931 warehouses, including 639 in the United States, 115 in Canada and 43 in Mexico.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 June 2026
The tech giant's next-generation Proteus is an autonomous mobile robot, which is designed to understand natural language commands from workers and transport items in warehouses.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 5 June 2026
The ban on computer warehouses in Monterey Park won overwhelming approval as the tech industry struggles against pushback across the country.
—Evan Halper, Washington Post, 5 June 2026
The Department of Homeland Security is now considering whether to transform commercial warehouses throughout the United States into detention centers, so there might soon be additional naming opportunities.
—Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
The neighborhood, once known only to locals, has small tailor shops, warehouses, and wholesale businesses.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Both components were then added to 10 and 16-year-old bourbon still in barrels to marry and further age for another 12 months in BBC’s warehouses in Bardstown.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 June 2026
The path from niche to mainstream runs through living rooms, not warehouses, in this way of thinking.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Noun
Humanoid robotics companies increasingly claim their machines will eventually operate in warehouses, factories, construction sites, disaster zones, and remote environments.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
The company currently has 931 warehouses, including 639 in the United States, 115 in Canada and 43 in Mexico.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 June 2026
The tech giant's next-generation Proteus is an autonomous mobile robot, which is designed to understand natural language commands from workers and transport items in warehouses.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 5 June 2026
The ban on computer warehouses in Monterey Park won overwhelming approval as the tech industry struggles against pushback across the country.
—Evan Halper, Washington Post, 5 June 2026
The Department of Homeland Security is now considering whether to transform commercial warehouses throughout the United States into detention centers, so there might soon be additional naming opportunities.
—Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
The neighborhood, once known only to locals, has small tailor shops, warehouses, and wholesale businesses.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Both components were then added to 10 and 16-year-old bourbon still in barrels to marry and further age for another 12 months in BBC’s warehouses in Bardstown.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 June 2026
The path from niche to mainstream runs through living rooms, not warehouses, in this way of thinking.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouses
Noun
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Six months in, a company whose chief executive has said AI writes roughly 20% to 30% of the code in some of its repositories is reportedly standardising developers on GitHub Copilot CLI.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Windows in the the Hinaus gallery and the Zhytnii Market building were reportedly shattered, and the premises of the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature sustained damage to its library and book repositories.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 May 2026
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The backstory Like many buildings in Savannah, the one that houses the Douglas has been through several iterations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
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The criminal allegations state that the illicit conduct occurred at Elmwood, which houses most of the county’s female jail population.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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Targets included naval facilities, as well as oil depots and terminals, the Ukrainian military said.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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In addition to striking trucks, fuel depots and supply convoys, Ukrainian drones are reportedly dropping mines along key supply routes, forcing Russian forces to contend with threats from both the air and the road below.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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One of these is the presence of an underground structure that stores starch and allows the plant to spread through the soil when growing conditions are good, and to rejuvenate from environmental stress should its above-ground growth die.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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Your phone already stores payment cards, tickets, boarding passes, keys and loyalty cards.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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It’s also not being caused exclusively by ongoing RAM and shortage storages—new MacBook Pros with 128GB of RAM and large SSDs will arrive within two or three weeks of being ordered.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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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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Ahead, gardening experts share the best types of tomatoes to grow in pots and containers for healthy, abundant harvests all season long.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
7 June 2026
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The smaller setups would be fantastic for take-away coffee shops, pop-up retail stores, or jewel-sized offices, while the larger options—which can be combined with other modular containers to create a truly expansive space—offer enough room to create your dream space.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
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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 12 Jun. 2026.
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