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noun

plural of warehouse
as in repositories
a building for storing goods when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise

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verb

present tense third-person singular of warehouse
as in houses

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Recent Examples of warehouses
Noun
Tens of millions of dollars have poured into Florida campaigns from companies with visions of transforming vast stretches of land in the state’s rural pockets into warehouses. — South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 Those drones often fly far beyond the frontlines to target Russian oil refineries and energy infrastructure, factories and warehouses, or even ships in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026 Images of Russian delivery warehouses and refineries ablaze have punctured the veneer of safety Moscow has tried to maintain four years into the war. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 After an inevitable lull left a growing number of warehouses vacant, the industrial real estate sector is getting hot again. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 31 July 2026 Robot makers are pairing those systems with machines designed for warehouses, factories, hospitals and homes. — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 In the Poltava region, next to Dnipropetrovsk region in the west, a drone strike hit warehouses at a private enterprise, killing one person, said regional head Vitalii Diakivnych. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 The company has faced workplace and labor complaints, including allegations of racial discrimination and hostile conditions in warehouses. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 30 July 2026 The strikes come as Ukraine warns of a critical shortage of Western air defenses and steps up long-range drone attacks on Russian oil facilities, major retailer warehouses and shadow-fleet tankers. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouses
  1. repositories
  2. houses
  3. depots
  4. stores
  5. storages
  6. containers
  7. storehouses
Noun
  • Today, this information often exists across procurement systems, KYC platforms, compliance applications, risk systems and contract repositories.
    — Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The off-kilter production elements often function as repositories for the turmoil that Hakim’s relaxed singing and unshowy playing belie.
    — Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
Definition of repositories
Verb
  • The front of the robot houses an AI Vision camera; ultrasonic and IR sensors that aid navigation, obstacle avoidance, and mapping; and a pair of LED lights for nighttime cleaning.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Disney Experiences, which currently houses theme parks, cruises and consumer products, saw June quarter revenue of $10 billion (up 10%) and operating income of $3 billion (up 20%).
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of houses
Noun
  • Russia -- one of the world's largest oil producers -- has introduced a swath of restrictions on petrol sales across the country, as Ukrainian strikes on its refineries, depots and logistics crimp domestic supply.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In under two weeks, Ukraine has struck over a dozen of the retailer’s depots.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of depots
Verb
  • Nine days earlier, OpenAI disclosed that its own models had broken out of a testing environment and compromised Hugging Face, the platform where much of the open machine learning world stores its models and datasets.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • CyberGuy previously reported that a Washington judge ruled Flock license plate reader images can qualify as public records, even when a private company stores the files for a city.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of stores
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of storages
Noun
  • Eco effort The property has invested in a resort-wide recycling program, providing recycling bins at various touch points and committing to all cups, service ware, and to-go containers being made from recycled materials.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Whether students have textbooks, digital devices or both, they often are accompanied by notebooks, water bottles, lunch containers, workout clothes and more.
    — Cheyanne Mumphrey, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of containers
Noun
  • But another petitioner, Sylvi, brings a troubling complaint against King’s Landing’s highborn, who filled their storehouses while the city’s normies struggled to fill their dinner plates.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of storehouses

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