storage

noun

ˈstȯr-ij How to pronounce storage (audio)
Definition of storagenext
as in warehouse
a building for storing goods in colonial times the granary was one of the community's most important storages

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Recent Examples of storage For Kansas City residents, that could mean the sweaters and sweatshirts stay in storage even though fall is already well underway. — Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have sharply curtailed LNG exports from key Gulf producers such as Qatar during Europe's gas-storage refill season. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 To keep your storage area organized during every trip, use a trunk cargo net. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 Grip and Enzo are trained to alert investigators to a chemical commonly used in electronic storage devices like SIM cards and USB drives. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for storage
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  1. warehouse
  2. repository
Noun
  • The beekeeper worries the new warehouse-like facilities will raise his utility bills or change the local environment.
    — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Kyiv, meanwhile, aims to sow economic discontent among Russians with strikes against oil refineries and e-commerce warehouses, but experts argued domestic upheaval is unlikely to change Moscow’s calculus.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of warehouse
Noun
  • The team's research has been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics and is available on the paper repository site arXiv.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The platform CentraLife calls a centralized repository runs leads, calls, policy management, reporting, and compensation across CentraLife’s advisor network as one system.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of repository

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“Storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/storage. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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