Thesaurus results for WAREHOUSES

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noun

plural of warehouse

as in repositories

a building for storing goods when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise

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warehouses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of warehouse

as in houses

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Noun

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, 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 In warehouses and manufacturing, business opportunities for SMBs and independent workers are also rising. — Ray Fernandez, Forbes.com, 28 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 About 175 of those are commercial businesses, warehouses, government buildings and churches. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 More than 120,000 tons of cocoa beans piled up in ports and warehouses across the country. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026 Neither was experienced in subscription sales, and of a first printing of 25,000, 5,000 remained in their warehouses after two years. — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026 The project would develop warehouses and associated infrastructure, and the area is currently cropland, woodlands and wetlands. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouses

Noun

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

Definition of repositories

Noun

Russian drones hit three major distribution centers, destroying depots belonging to a toy store chain and a confectionery company, and damaging another run by an electronics retailer, the companies said.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
And their shock turned to anger when the United States bombed Iranian water storage facilities and Israel struck Iranian oil depots.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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Verb

The Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces overnight struck a warehouse in the Kyiv region that stores Ukraine’s Flamingo cruise missiles and fuel for rocket boosters.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces overnight struck a warehouse in the Kyiv region that stores Ukraine’s Flamingo cruise missiles and fuel for rocket boosters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of stores

Noun

It’s also not being caused exclusively by ongoing RAM and shortage storages—new MacBook Pros with 128GB of RAM and large SSDs will arrive within two or three weeks of being ordered.

— Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
Bellingcat, which uses open source data, said a video shared by a migrant worker shows what appears to be an Iranian drone hitting fuel storages in the emirate of Fujairah in early March.

— NPR Staff, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of storages

Noun

And, in all four cases, unopened containers of formula in the infant homes tested negative for Cronobacter skazakii.

— Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Pet food bowls, cups and storage containers should be thoroughly washed and sanitized and any surface that has come in contact with the food, including your hands, should also be thoroughly washed.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of containers

Noun

But another petitioner, Sylvi, brings a troubling complaint against King’s Landing’s highborn, who filled their storehouses while the city’s normies struggled to fill their dinner plates.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
The avant-garde architect Kiyonori Kikutake designed the structure as a modern homage to the Edo period takayuka-shiki souko (storehouses built on stilts).

— Jonathan DeLise, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026

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