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a building for storing goods
when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise
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Recent Examples of warehouses
Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Unlike many general-purpose humanoid platforms, the Mentee Bot focuses on consistent performance, scalability, and uninterrupted operation in challenging environments such as warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and logistics hubs.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Safeway/Albertsons is losing market share and closing stores, Costco and Sam’s Club are limited, members-only warehouses, and the remaining stores are niche providers and small independents.
—Jack Buffington, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
The casino is bereft of any architectural aspiration; many new warehouses along the interstate are more interesting.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
What is true is that downtown Baltimore at that time was filled, chockablock with warehouses filled with merchandise awaiting shipment throughout the mid-Atlantic.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
No warehouses, no distributors.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Safeway/Albertsons is losing market share and closing stores, Costco and Sam’s Club are limited, members-only warehouses, and the remaining stores are niche providers and small independents.
—Jack Buffington, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
Anthropic spent a bundle at libraries, online secondhand stores, and used bookstores like The Strand to build out a massive library—the Post’s article includes images of huge warehouses filled with books.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
Plans to convert warehouses into mass detention facilities are underway in six other cities across Missouri, Arizona, Louisiana, Texas and Virginia.
—Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Unlike many general-purpose humanoid platforms, the Mentee Bot focuses on consistent performance, scalability, and uninterrupted operation in challenging environments such as warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and logistics hubs.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Safeway/Albertsons is losing market share and closing stores, Costco and Sam’s Club are limited, members-only warehouses, and the remaining stores are niche providers and small independents.
—Jack Buffington, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
The casino is bereft of any architectural aspiration; many new warehouses along the interstate are more interesting.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
What is true is that downtown Baltimore at that time was filled, chockablock with warehouses filled with merchandise awaiting shipment throughout the mid-Atlantic.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
No warehouses, no distributors.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Safeway/Albertsons is losing market share and closing stores, Costco and Sam’s Club are limited, members-only warehouses, and the remaining stores are niche providers and small independents.
—Jack Buffington, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
Anthropic spent a bundle at libraries, online secondhand stores, and used bookstores like The Strand to build out a massive library—the Post’s article includes images of huge warehouses filled with books.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouses
Noun
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At present, the federal government has struggled to maintain and update several of its existing data repositories, with little public explanation as to why.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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The app is not owned in a traditional sense, its website explains, but the Session Technology Foundation manages its app store presence and public code repositories.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Most winters, the firm houses more than 5,000 boats and marine pleasure craft.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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That’s a massive problem, because a detention center that’s open 24 hours a day and houses enough humans to populate a small city will put a far greater strain on public resources than any warehouse could.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Construction continues across the network, including work on passenger stations and supporting infrastructure such as bridges, tunnels and depots.—
Keith J Fernandez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
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The software manages the complex schedule for charging buses at the depots.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ukraine’s winter storages will be tapped out before the end of cold weather.—
Suriya Jayanti,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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Only a few medium to large storages, big enough to fit a hefty suitcase and costing as much as $20,300 annually, are available.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Retro Shaw Large Expandable Kitchen Lids Organizer Spend less time hunting for the matching lids for your food storage containers.—
Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2026
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The new restrictions, which took effect last week, prohibit people from carrying open containers and stop vendors from selling alcohol outdoors.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Among the damage is a smashed statue of The Virgin Mary, other religious artifacts, like the tabernacle that stores communion, and destroyed furniture.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Prioritize email, shopping accounts, cloud storage and any service that stores payment or delivery information.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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Although that effort met resistance after the outbreak of Syria’s civil war as Israel began to regularly conduct strikes on weapons storehouses in Syria and on convoys facilitated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran still managed to keep Hezbollah armed.—
Afshon Ostovar,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Warehouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warehouses. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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