Examples of depot in a Sentence
a distribution depot for auto parts
the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord
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Grima designed these incredible balloon structures in the atrium of the depot.
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Laura May Todd, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
After landing in February 2021 in the Jezero Crater, the robot, controlled remotely from Earth, spent nearly four years searching for and collecting more than two dozen rock samples – many of which are stored at the first-ever depot on another planet for future retrieval.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The blasts triggered a blaze at a sprawling depot containing as much as 800,000 tons of fuel.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
That's because they are administered in large doses, containing polymers which help create medication depots under the skin; those polymers can make up anything from 23% - 98% of the injectable solution by weight.
—New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2025
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Laura May Todd, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
After landing in February 2021 in the Jezero Crater, the robot, controlled remotely from Earth, spent nearly four years searching for and collecting more than two dozen rock samples – many of which are stored at the first-ever depot on another planet for future retrieval.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The blasts triggered a blaze at a sprawling depot containing as much as 800,000 tons of fuel.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
That's because they are administered in large doses, containing polymers which help create medication depots under the skin; those polymers can make up anything from 23% - 98% of the injectable solution by weight.
—New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Depot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depot. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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1
: a place of deposit for goods : storehouse
2
: a place where military supplies are kept or where troops are assembled and trained
3
: a building for railroad or bus passengers or freight : station
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