storage

noun

ˈstȯr-ij How to pronounce storage (audio)
Definition of storagenext
as in warehouse
a building for storing goods in colonial times the granary was one of the community's most important storages

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Recent Examples of storage For Kansas City residents, that could mean the sweaters and sweatshirts stay in storage even though fall is already well underway. — Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have sharply curtailed LNG exports from key Gulf producers such as Qatar during Europe's gas-storage refill season. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 To keep your storage area organized during every trip, use a trunk cargo net. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 Grip and Enzo are trained to alert investigators to a chemical commonly used in electronic storage devices like SIM cards and USB drives. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for storage
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  1. warehouse
  2. repository
Noun
  • Images of massive fires at oil refineries and warehouses showed up online despite restrictions on publication of content detailing the attacks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Smoke rises from warehouses after continuous Russian drone attacks Thursday in Kyiv, Ukraine.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of warehouse
Noun
  • The goal isn’t to turn every person who reviews marketing materials into a complete repository of everything that could potentially offend someone.
    — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Semafor’s methodology and reproducible analysis code can be found in a public GitHub repository here.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of repository

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“Storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/storage. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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