warehouse 1 of 2

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

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verb

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Recent Examples of warehouse
Noun
Best of the rest In job news: Amazon will lay off 1,700 workers in Quebec and close its warehouses there; and CNN is reportedly set to cut hundreds of positions. Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Occupational exoskeletons are usually found in factories and warehouses. Borislav "bobby" Marinov, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
This means that the manufacturer warehouses its items at Amazon's distribution centers. Jeffrey Van Camp Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 20 June 2024 In which case, Moment often warehouses them in hopes of finding a buyer someday. New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for warehouse 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouse
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
Verb
  • All permit holders can enjoy relaxed parking rules and park in the West Campus or College Park garages without additional fees.
    Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Residents of Federal Hill, Fells Point, Harbor East, Perkins Homes and Little Italy will have to show proof of residence for first-come, first-serve access to the Little Italy, West Street, Caroline Street or Fleet and Eden Street garages through Tuesday morning.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In Mogadishu, Somalia, the State Department instructed security guards who were protecting an arms depot from insurgents to simply walk off the site, according to a company official.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Reina-Campos is wondering whether T cells could use their own epigenome as a metabolic depot to fuel their functions.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • This is drinking beautifully now, but those with patience can easily cellar it for the next 20 years.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Given that the wines will cellar with grace and promise over two decades, now is certainly the time to pick up some bargains and fill the racks.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Shipping physical books requires storage and labor, so Bookshop takes a cut of the proceeds from sales.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The French Renaissance-style structure in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill sports a beautiful lobby staffed by full-time doormen and concierges, a fitness center, and bicycle storage.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Zheng was ordered held without bail by a judge, but the Department of Correction would not say where he is being housed.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Mary is the director at the hospital where the Holmes Clinic is housed, and Chestnut and Aytes have fantastic chemistry despite their characters’ differing patient care tactics.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Plus, the middle compartment is a handy spot to store other important items like concert tickets or sweet loves from your man.
    Taylor Jean Stephan, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Use a password manager to generate and store these securely.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Leslie Day, a friend who hangared her plane near Ms. Bera’s at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Calif., outside San Diego, estimated in an interview that Ms. Bera had spent the equivalent of more than three years in the pilot’s seat.
    Daniel E. Slotnik, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The issue of high fuel prices came to the board’s attention in late spring when airport tenants – which range from flight schools, to charter aircraft, to hangar renters – began to complain to board members.
    Jordan Graham, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2017

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