as in warehouse
a building for storing goods nurses going back and forth to the medication repository

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Recent Examples of repository The nominee declined to directly state a position on Yucca Mountain, a controversial nuclear waste repository project in Nevada. Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025 The program is one of the earliest large-scale open-source learning repositories and is available on YouTube. Dr. Larson has also been president of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) and the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS). Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025 The company claims to have the world’s largest pet health data repository. PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2025 Fittingly, the Chicago Public Library’s repository for the gold nuggets of Black history is named for its godfather: Woodson Regional Library at 9525 S. Halsted St. Carter Woodson was born in 1875 in Buckingham County, Virginia. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for repository
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Noun
  • Police did not share how many people were at the warehouse.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Many Costco warehouses don't open until 10 a.m., allowing the store time to stock and get ready for the crowds.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Only thrice since the depository was established have outsiders entered the vault.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The gold depository at Fort Knox has a reputation for being impenetrable, which has gained it a place in popular culture.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In 1982, lawmakers authorized creation of a federal nuclear waste site, later designated as Yucca Mountain in Nevada, and encouraged interim waste storage by private energy companies at power plants while construction moved forward.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air retain the same prices and storage capacities as before.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repository. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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