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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Noun
In a further sign that Hamas, which has been controlling the flow of food and supplies, is losing its grip, a mob broke into a warehouse in central Gaza to take flour. The Editors, National Review, 29 May 2025 The United Nations has been largely sidelined in Gaza, watching as an observer, with its Gaza staff on standby and its warehouses on the other side of the border in Egypt full of aid, medicine, and fuel that Israel has declined to approve. Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2025
Verb
Ukraine has seized more than $50 million in assets linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including raw materials warehoused in Ukraine that were to be funneled into his factories in Russia to produce ballistic missiles, drones, and radar systems. Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 Prices probably won’t rise immediately on stuff coming into the United States from China — goods have been warehoused without the additional 10% tariff for quite some time. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warehouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warehouse
Noun
  • Ward 209 has been a repository for detainees leveraged as pawns in Iran’s sadistic foreign policy.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • The best ideas now emerge not just from Harvard Business Review or McKinsey reports but from research labs, GitHub repositories, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, expert newsletters, research papers, product announcements and many other sources.
    John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Verb
  • Among the recommendations were raising rates at parking meters, garages and establishing fees for permits currently free to residential car owners.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
  • Cook adds that garages with tight turns, narrow doorways, or a lack of headroom can also make parking difficult.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • The depot, located near a key highway between Simferopol and Alushta on the occupied peninsula, housed military equipment, ammunition and fuel storage facilities.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
  • Immediately, Israel moved to destroy Syrian air force bases, military aircraft, and missile depots; bolstered its border defenses; and took over the UN’s 145-square-mile buffer zone.
    Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Shipments include six total bottles, two of each selection, so members have one to enjoy now and one to cellar for savoring at a later date.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
  • To complement, Genesis House cellars a world-class wine lists and the most expansive list of Korean spirits in New York, 28 in all.
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Box — The stock jumped nearly 11% following the cloud storage company’s earnings and revenue beat for its fiscal first quarter.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 28 May 2025
  • But this also puts it in direct competition with vendors that have stronger application-layer ecosystems and more focused storage plays.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Since 1998, the collection has grown to over 100,000 letters, which is now housed at Chapman University.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 26 May 2025
  • Don’t miss the Barnes & Noble, which is cleverly housed in an old theater, Ante Bellums Attic Antique Shop, and Firefly Boutique for women’s clothing.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • Raw shrimp was stored in the stand-up cooler alongside ready-to-eat foods.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
  • The attack knocked out the electricity that powered the facility’s incubators and damaged the backup generator, but emergency responders rushed in to address the outage and ensure that the thousands of frozen eggs, sperm and embryos stored in cryogenic tanks went unharmed.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 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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