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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

It’s become a big enough problem that the world’s main repository of open-source code—GitHub—has instituted new policies and features to combat it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

Why was this structure, of all structures, chosen as the central repository of all biological information?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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