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
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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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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Researchers and developers can now access an extensive repository containing over 1 million robotic movement trajectories.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
As debates over school choice, vouchers and privatization of education intensify, making this repository of private school data accessible is more important than ever.
—Sergio Hernandez, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2025
This approach ensures that an organization’s data privacy and security requirements are consistently met through lifecycle management, where data repositories are continuously organized, even as new data is added.
—Jesse Todd, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Either way, Foster is never presenting himself as a design’s sole author, or as a repository of knowledge about every vent and contractor deadline.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Researchers and developers can now access an extensive repository containing over 1 million robotic movement trajectories.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
As debates over school choice, vouchers and privatization of education intensify, making this repository of private school data accessible is more important than ever.
—Sergio Hernandez, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2025
This approach ensures that an organization’s data privacy and security requirements are consistently met through lifecycle management, where data repositories are continuously organized, even as new data is added.
—Jesse Todd, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for 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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