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warehouse

[wair-hous, wair-houz, -hous] / ˈwɛərˌhaʊs, ˈwɛərˌhaʊz, -ˌhaʊs /


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The average hourly wage for a U.S. warehouse worker rose to $26.85 in June, up about 5% from 2025 and 41% from 10 years earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The latest generation of warehouse technology is also easier to install, even in older buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Crews have been working through the early hours of the morning to tackle a blaze at a warehouse.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Essex County Fire & Rescue Service was called to a warehouse on Stour Road in Harwich at about 03:36 BST and about 35 firefighters had been sent.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

So the cops come to our house and search the adjoining office and warehouse.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Over the last few months independent booksellers have been observing a strange pattern of purchases which have seen scores of their novels being shipped to far-off warehouses.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Naval Forces Central Command, radar, satellite communications dishes and warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, led by General Commissioner Ali Abdul Hamid Shaath, is expected to govern Gaza with assistance from an international force and control these warehouses.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

"The warehouses are full," said Ilisei, who has invested in solar panels to cut down electricity costs while hoping his earnings will soon improve.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

These are mas-sive human warehouses, two of the largest prison housing units in the world, containing over a thousand inmates between them.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Faced with what he thought were his only choices—being warehoused, or dying—he applied for MAID.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

Surplus items were warehoused, donated, or thrown away.

From Slate Dec. 18, 2024

She also sought to ease the transition of patients from being warehoused in state mental hospitals to living independently.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2024

“But the fact that she would go to the Laconia State School and meet with the people who work there, the children who were warehoused there and the parents, was special.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

It should not be difficult to get a tenant, and at the end of the time the furniture could be warehoused, or you could sell it.”

From Olive in Italy by Moray Dalton

Most of Apotex’s production is in Canada, with additional facilities in Mexico and India, and only two U.S. sites focused on warehousing, distribution and its U.S. affiliate headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The Logistics Managers’ Index, a monthly survey of supply-chain managers, showed inventory, transportation and warehousing costs all increased in May compared with April.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Jobs in utilities, oil and gas extraction as well as transportation and warehousing also saw strong increases in hours worked.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

Richardson is betting on music at a time when other cities — including Los Angeles — are doubling down on sports, warehousing or data centers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

When our elders presented school to us, they did not present it as a place of high learning but as a means of escape from death and penal warehousing.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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