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
In a suburb of Indianapolis, part of a warehouse collapsed, temporarily trapping at least one person inside. CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025 As the song climaxes, stage lights in the warehouse burst and rain showers down on her and her band. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
But Democrats and, more important, many moderate swing voters were not on board with images and footage of migrant families being separated at the border and kids being warehoused without their parents behind chain-link fences inside detention facilities. John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Feb. 2024 Instead of paying to ship, process and warehouse the goods — which would likely end up in a landfill — retailers can earn a charitable tax deduction by donating them. Richard Collings, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for warehouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouse
Noun
  • With access to the world’s largest repository of people, work and culture data, UKG is uniquely positioned to generate actionable insights that connect employee experience with business outcomes.
    Peter High, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Morley is editor of the JFK Facts blog and vice president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation, a repository for files related to the assassination.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Tara Bremer is Founder and CEO of House Peace, a home organization service. Basement Or Garage The basement or garage in a home is where most typically store their outdoor activity toys, lawn care items, and garden items.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Photo : Derek & Vee There are a couple of two-car garages down below.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Grima designed these incredible balloon structures in the atrium of the depot.
    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
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
  • As the world’s second-largest company by revenue, Amazon has unparalleled financial firepower to devote to the project, as well as the ability to leverage its AWS data storage business for ground infrastructure and to cross-sell to government and commercial customers.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Presented along with the brand’s own range of objects, the collection includes storage units, gaming, office accessories, cutlery and tableware.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Among the new items in the collection is the Later sofa, designed by Ceriani Szostak, a modular seating system inspired by the rationalist architecture of the Palazzo della Civiltà, which houses Fendi’s Roman headquarters.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Private security guards could replace Elgin police officers in providing security at the Lexington Inn & Suites, where the city has been housing homeless people since January.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • After a bit of work scraping out the cocoons, they can be stored in the refrigerator.
    Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
  • For best freshness for longer, store them stem side down, and do not stack them on top of each other.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 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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