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repository

[ri-poz-i-tawr-ee] / rɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɔr i /


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The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

After her death, the author plans to donate her diaries to one such repository in Iowa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

It was merged into Bitcoin’s official improvement proposal repository in February, meaning it is now formally under consideration by the developer community but is still far from being implemented.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Home Depots promised cheap material for do-it-yourselfers, and Home Depot parking lots became a repository for cheap labor, for those who had a more relaxed understanding of what it meant to do something “yourself.”

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

He had not only promised to return to her, but he was the repository of all the last messages of their only son, now dead or at least translated.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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