as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored the soldier was sent to the armory to get a replacement weapon for the one that had been stolen

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Recent Examples of armory The complaint says Wen purchased an armory and a federal firearm license for $150,000 and listed his partner's name as the business owner to register with the Texas Secretary of State. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024 But the path down memory lane is twisted, and while trying to debunk the many laudatory myths that have grown up around him, Fife’s deteriorating mind just ends up creating more, a contradiction that Schrader conveys with a whole armory of experimental visual flourishes. Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024 Ultimately whether these relationships become a weapon in your professional armory or an Achilles heel comes down to knowing your professional and personal roles, Dr Jones added, and not letting the two conflict. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024 That’s nowhere clearer than in the climactic final confrontation between Noa and Proximus Caesar’s brute in command, an imposing gorilla named Sylva (Eka Darville), which takes place within a gargantuan armory that’s flooding quickly around them. Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for armory
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Noun
  • In addition to the 617 Costco warehouses in the U.S., the company has locations in Canada (109), Mexico (41), Japan (36) the U.K. (29), Korea (19), Australia (15), Taiwan (14), China (7), Spain (5), France (2) and one each in Iceland, New Zealand and Sweden.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
  • That could come in handy for mapping and monitoring large indoor spaces like warehouses and tunnels, search and rescue operations, taking inventory and moving packages between stockroom shelves – all without the the need for human operators to have these drones in their line of sight.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Feb. 2025
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  • As the British withdrew from the depot, citizen militias repeatedly attacked.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The repair project — which also includes the replacement of 3,000 sprinkler heads on the depot’s first floor — is expected to cost the MTA more than $4.5 million to complete.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
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  • Acacia Wood Charcuterie Cutting Board Keeping a charcuterie board in your kitchen arsenal is convenient when hosting.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Two seismic weapons in the arsenal of enterprise futurists that completely redefine how enterprises operate and deliver value are the rise of the digital experience economy and the acceleration of data monetization.
    Sudhanshu Duggal, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Armory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armory. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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