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depositories

noun

plural of depository

as in warehouses

a building for storing goods a book depository

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Recent Examples of depositories But precious metals held within IRAs must meet IRS purity requirements and be held in qualified depositories. — Javier Simon, USA Today, 11 July 2026 Professional depositories typically conduct routine audits performed by third-party verification firms. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026 The oil depositories of the Persian Gulf remain vital to the global economy. — Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025 Belgium, the home of Euroclear, one of the continent’s chief securities depositories, is wary of taking on the sole legal responsibility for the maneuver. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2025 The rest is spread between depositories in West Point, Denver, and a vault 80 feet (24 meters) below the Fed’s building in lower Manhattan. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 Parks, vacant land and the Des Plaines River all became giant snow depositories. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025

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In Brovary and Boryspil, cities in the Kyiv region, the aerial attacks struck several warehouses and four people were wounded, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent strikes have damaged numerous warehouses across Kyiv and the wider region, including facilities storing books, food and other consumer goods.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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Hospitals are major repositories of addictive substances that can also be crucial medical treatments.

— Alexandra Byrne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
This may mean that information on the capabilities and limitations of updates are delivered to all users via YouTube–like tutorials and new, highly effective AI prompts are shared and stored via GitHub-like knowledge repositories.

— Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026

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