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 Rather than simply autocompleting sections of code, as current AI tools do, these agents can take on more complex work, such as checking code into repositories or combining data to enable analysis. Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024 Norma and David had converted the median strip beyond their sidewalk into a native-plant repository—Christmas fern, aster, monarda, bergamot. Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024 Some scientists and state officials alike were concerned about Yucca’s history of seismic activity and feared the repository could be more exposed to free oxygen – increasing the odds of radiation leaks. Ella Nilsen, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024 The decline of pay TV has culminated in Comcast placing MSNBC — along with sister networks such as CNBC and E! — in a spinoff company that will essentially be a repository for its cable outlets. Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for repository 
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  • Sachs and Rosenfeld said Amazon’s multi-year delay in negotiating with its first union at a warehouse on Staten Island showed the weaknesses in labor law.
    Greg Bensinger, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement The Teamsters announced a nationwide campaign to unionize Amazon’s warehouse and delivery workers in summer of 2021.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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  • Non-interest income decreased by 60.0% to $0.6 million, impacted by lower depository and loan fees and a loss on loan sales.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • With four weeks remaining, the daily depository of proposed and final rules and regulations is poised to exceed 100,000 pages.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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  • The commitment, which still must be finalized, would help PG&E expand hydropower generation and battery storage, the utility said in a release.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Workers Uncover an Underground Chamber Sealed for More Than a Century Near the National Mall Contrary to popular myth, the Smithsonian Institution does not boast an underground storage facility below the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024

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“Repository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repository. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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