repositories

plural of repository

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of repositories The company started scanning repositories for credentials, began alerting users that their credentials were exposed, and even set up default push protections to prevent affected repositories from being duplicated. — Alex Colon, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 The National Institutes of Health will coordinate datasets, repositories and other resources developed through more than $500 million in previous federal investment. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026 For Thacker, surfaces are repositories of memory and emotion; in the bathrooms, the walls have been entirely clad in tiles inspired by her son’s childhood drawings. — Amir Capogrossi Badreddine, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026 The Defense Manpower Data Center serves as one of the Pentagon’s main repositories for personnel records, holding information on active-duty and reserve troops, civilian employees, contractors, retirees, veterans and military family members. — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 In this case, the company’s coding pipeline and code repositories were identified as targets. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Yet, despite having pristine pools of first-party consumer insights, many CDPs remain passive archives—costly repositories of record that store data rather than act on it in real time. — Pratik Bhadra, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Hospitals are major repositories of addictive substances that can also be crucial medical treatments. — Alexandra Byrne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026 This may mean that information on the capabilities and limitations of updates are delivered to all users via YouTube–like tutorials and new, highly effective AI prompts are shared and stored via GitHub-like knowledge repositories. — Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repositories
Noun
  • Todd Engel had operated heavy machinery, like forklifts and rubber-tire loaders, around warehouses and highways in suburban Maryland for four decades.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
  • And Gowanus, for now, has still retained some of its human-scale landscape of auto garages, art studios, coffee shops, dive bars, restaurants, rowhouses, warehouses, and breweries as well as a climbing gym and several concert venues.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But precious metals held within IRAs must meet IRS purity requirements and be held in qualified depositories.
    — Javier Simon, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Professional depositories typically conduct routine audits performed by third-party verification firms.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026

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“Repositories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repositories. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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