re·pos·i·to·ry
ri-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē 
plural repositories
1
: a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
2
: a side altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is reserved from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday
3
: one that contains or stores something nonmaterial
considered the book a repository of knowledge
4
: a place or region richly supplied with a natural resource
5
: a person to whom something is confided or entrusted
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
Examples of repository in a Sentence
Noun
a repository for nuclear waste
He is the repository of many secrets.
She is the repository of her family's history.
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 June 2025
Portfolio work demonstrates ability: A GitHub repository showing actual projects, a business that generated revenue, or case studies from internships provide concrete evidence of capabilities that transcripts cannot.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The Section 702 repository is no longer included by default in such searches, and using it now requires a supervisor’s approval, among other safeguards.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Ward 209 has been a repository for detainees leveraged as pawns in Iran’s sadistic foreign policy.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Noun
In total, Sophos discovered 141 GitHub repositories related to Sakura RAT, 133 of which contained a backdoor.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 June 2025
Portfolio work demonstrates ability: A GitHub repository showing actual projects, a business that generated revenue, or case studies from internships provide concrete evidence of capabilities that transcripts cannot.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The Section 702 repository is no longer included by default in such searches, and using it now requires a supervisor’s approval, among other safeguards.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Ward 209 has been a repository for detainees leveraged as pawns in Iran’s sadistic foreign policy.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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re·pos·i·to·ry
ri-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē
of a drug
: designed to act over a prolonged period
repository penicillin
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