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Recent Examples of depository Before that, President Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the depository on April 28, 1943. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025 President Donald Trump says Elon Musk will be looking at Fort Knox, the legendary depository in Kentucky for American gold reserves, to make sure the gold is still there. CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025 His response might be confusing to anyone who hasn’t spent the last several days monitoring Musk’s account on X. Trump said Musk would be looking at Fort Knox, the legendary depository for American gold reserves in Kentucky. Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025 The Harry Potter films were once upon a time a depository for every British and Irish thespian in the business — Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Richard Harris, and Michael Gambon — the list goes on. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for depository

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“Depository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depository. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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