as in repositories
a building for storing goods
when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise
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Recent Examples of warehouses
Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
As the population increased, apartments, shopping centers, offices and warehouses replaced many of the orange groves and forests that once surrounded Orlando.
—Gisela Salomon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
This street of stucco houses with little front yards and picket fences bordered on a kind of no-man’s-land filled with junk yards and warehouses.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Down by the Rondout waterfront, warehouses have been reimagined as boutiques, bars, and museums, and a riverfront park and promenade connect to the Hudson River Maritime Museum and Hudson River Cruises—one of the city’s most scenic spots.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Strikes also hit a state medical facility, warehouses, private homes, cars and a children’s educational center, officials said.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the neighborhood is surrounded by freeways and saturated with warehouses that are home to distribution centers, cigarette manufacturing facilities and meat packaging plants.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Though the area’s artist warehouses and businesses had to close, like the old-school Irish pub Maguire’s Hill 16, Kennedy said no residents were displaced by the project.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
The company has a portfolio of more than 20 properties, from hotels to offices to warehouses across the state.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
There is actually quite a bit of science and experimentation that goes into storing barrels in warehouses, believe it or not.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
As the population increased, apartments, shopping centers, offices and warehouses replaced many of the orange groves and forests that once surrounded Orlando.
—Gisela Salomon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
This street of stucco houses with little front yards and picket fences bordered on a kind of no-man’s-land filled with junk yards and warehouses.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Down by the Rondout waterfront, warehouses have been reimagined as boutiques, bars, and museums, and a riverfront park and promenade connect to the Hudson River Maritime Museum and Hudson River Cruises—one of the city’s most scenic spots.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Strikes also hit a state medical facility, warehouses, private homes, cars and a children’s educational center, officials said.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the neighborhood is surrounded by freeways and saturated with warehouses that are home to distribution centers, cigarette manufacturing facilities and meat packaging plants.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Though the area’s artist warehouses and businesses had to close, like the old-school Irish pub Maguire’s Hill 16, Kennedy said no residents were displaced by the project.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
The company has a portfolio of more than 20 properties, from hotels to offices to warehouses across the state.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouses
Noun
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Our current ideas about archives as these infinite repositories feel like a bit of a fiction.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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In the mid 2000s, Gates was working as an arts administrator at the University of Chicago, while also buying derelict buildings on the city’s South Side and turning them into artists’ studios or repositories for his collections of books, records, and photographic slides.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Backlogs out of Hong Kong, which houses the largest cargo airport on earth, are expected to persist through mid-October after Typhoon Ragasa caused widespread flight cancellations across the region and South China.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Walker-Stone House is a historic structure downtown that houses the Folk School of Fayetteville.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to an investigative report compiled by the Middle East Forum, using on-the-ground sources embedded in Iranian military installations across Syria since 2018, Iran has not only constructed underground tunnels and weapons depots for its disposal.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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In addition to plans for fuel depots in orbit, which SpaceX hopes to use to service missions with the Starship and Superheavy, OOR is also being investigated for the sake of satellite refueling.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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The frailty of China's oil sector meant that the ongoing pattern of this year of significant volumes of surplus crude were available to be added to either commercial or strategic storages.—
Clyde Russell,
Reuters,
21 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Earlier, the company stressed that the rugged Oshkosh Defense Palletized Load System (PLS) M1075A1 excels in extreme conditions, efficiently distributing supplies and equipment in treacherous environments using demountable flat rack cargo beds or ISO containers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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For leftovers, there’s a set of glass Pyrex containers that can be placed in the freezer or microwave with no worries about shattering.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lead stores energy in batteries, shields against radiation, gives glass crystal its brilliance, and makes paint more luminous and cars run more smoothly.—
Tom Frieden,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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To prevent disasters, Jones decants liquids into travel-size jars and bottles, stores them in a clear zip bag, and keeps them separate from clothes.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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 7 Oct. 2025.
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