as in armory
a place where military arms are stored sent the ordnance officer to the arsenal for weapons

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Recent Examples of arsenal Typically, Bubic will study the different pitch grips and cross-reference how his pitching arsenal was performing during the start. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025 The agency, whose fewer than 1,900 federal employees oversee the more than 60,000 contractors who build and maintain the U.S. nuclear arsenal, has struggled to fill crucial safety roles. Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025 Currently, my cleaning arsenal includes a wet-dry vacuum cleaner, an upright vacuum for carpet and area rugs, and a seven-year-old basic robot vacuum—still, my floors could use more love. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 19 May 2025 Trump has repeatedly voiced a desire to negotiate nuclear cuts, yet Beijing has resisted, citing the huge gap between its nuclear arsenal and that of Washington. J. Tedford Tyler, Time, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for arsenal
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  • It has long been said that Hutchinson needed an auditorium but all indications point now to the fact that Hutchinson is going to use the armory auditorium more than anyone expected.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The arena has been just the right size, not an 20,000-seat NBA building, but not an old armory, either.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
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  • The company’s old headquarters sit directly next to Nowadays, a bar and night club that occupies a warehouse and an adjacent, tree-laden lot.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
  • Scores of Palestinian men, women and children raced across a dusty expanse toward an aid warehouse in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 29 May 2025

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“Arsenal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsenal. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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