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as in warehouse
a building for storing goods
a distribution depot for auto parts
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as in armory
a place where military arms are stored
the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord
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Recent Examples of depot
The railroad corporation has also paid for improvements and renovations to East Palestine's train depot and water treatment plant.
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Jessica Gorman, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Because they’re used in shifts, most charging will be done overnight with 240 volt current at depots.
—Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Last year, Kyiv performed more than 80 drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and depots and have continued to attempt to injure Russia's economy, both in terms of war funding and trade, this year.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The plans, drawn up by Miller Architects and Builders of St. Cloud, show what the city administrator said was an attempt to meld history and aesthetics with functionality in a building that will resemble the old Litchfield train depot.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Gorman, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Because they’re used in shifts, most charging will be done overnight with 240 volt current at depots.
—Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Last year, Kyiv performed more than 80 drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and depots and have continued to attempt to injure Russia's economy, both in terms of war funding and trade, this year.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The plans, drawn up by Miller Architects and Builders of St. Cloud, show what the city administrator said was an attempt to meld history and aesthetics with functionality in a building that will resemble the old Litchfield train depot.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depot
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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
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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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Step 3: Client Modeling Client modeling (also known as customer profiling) is one of the most important tools a luxury brand has in its armory.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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The sides fold down, the sails lift and the interior brings Return of the Jedi to life with a cockpit, prison cell, armory, kitchen and entertainment room equipped with Jabba’s bed.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Dec. 2024
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The program is one of the earliest large-scale open-source learning repositories and is available on YouTube. Dr. Larson has also been president of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) and the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS).—
Jason Phillips,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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The company claims to have the world’s largest pet health data repository.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Depot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depot. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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