re·pos·i·to·ry
ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē 
plural repositories
1
: a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
2
: a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday
3
: one that contains or stores something nonmaterial
considered the book a repository of knowledge
4
: a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource
5
: a person to whom something is confided or entrusted
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
Examples of repository in a Sentence
Noun
a repository for nuclear waste
He is the repository of many secrets.
She is the repository of her family's history.
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Jean Wactawski-Wende, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Puerto Rican painter and philanthropist Tony Bechara, who as board chair of El Museo del Barrio oversaw the New York institution’s transformation from a local concern to an internationally renowned repository of Latinx and Latin American Art, died in New York on April 23, his birthday.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Still, the dollar and U.S. government bonds have maintained their status as the ultimate repository.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Other recommendations included establishing a policy that requires the recording and tracking of cluster box unit ownership and developing and maintaining a repository of cluster box units to include ownership and applicable agreements.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
One of the Women’s Health Initiative’s biggest yields is its vast repository of health data collected annually from tens of thousands of women over more than 30 years.
—Jean Wactawski-Wende, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Puerto Rican painter and philanthropist Tony Bechara, who as board chair of El Museo del Barrio oversaw the New York institution’s transformation from a local concern to an internationally renowned repository of Latinx and Latin American Art, died in New York on April 23, his birthday.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Still, the dollar and U.S. government bonds have maintained their status as the ultimate repository.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Other recommendations included establishing a policy that requires the recording and tracking of cluster box unit ownership and developing and maintaining a repository of cluster box units to include ownership and applicable agreements.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repository. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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repository
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re·pos·i·to·ry
ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
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