warehouses 1 of 2

noun

Definition of warehousesnext
plural of warehouse
as in repositories
a building for storing goods when the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise

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verb

present tense third-person singular of warehouse
as in houses

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  1. repositories
  2. depots
  3. containers
Noun
  • Unknown data repositories complicate compliance efforts and increase the risk of security breaches.
    Balaji Ganesan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Organizations often need help to monitor all their data repositories, leading to unidentified and overlooked data that can pose security risks.
    Balaji Ganesan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of repositories
Noun
  • Offensive troop formations, such as supply depots and command posts, must be positioned well beyond this buffer zone.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Israel says that its strikes have targeted Hezbollah’s weapons depots, command and control structures and its general infrastructure.
    Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of depots
Noun
  • The unloading of containers from ships will resume at 7pm ET this evening, so the port will have seen four days of inactivity.
    Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Negotiate with vendors to replace individual plastic packaging with bulk paper packaging and use reusable pallets and containers for distribution.
    Shrikant Dash, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of containers
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