Repository

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"Repository" in a Sentence (11 examples)

An encyclopedia is a repository of knowledge and wisdom.

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The superior stability of DNA when compared to RNA most likely accounts for the former's role as the long-term repository of the genome.

Many Linux distributions provide a trusted repository for installing software programs.

Who maintains this repository?

Saint Catherine's Monastery is the repository of some of the world's oldest icons and illuminated manuscripts.

DNA testing, the analysis of human biological material, is reshaping America's criminal justice system. Deoxyribonucleic acid is the repository of genetic information that resides in our cells, and no two people — not even identical twins — have the same DNA. In criminal investigations, DNA can be extracted from many sources, a single hair follicle — a drop of blood, other bodily fluids, or a microscopic fingernail scraping.

In computer science, a software repository is a website where software can be uploaded.

Harvard has declined to become the repository of George Segal's controversial sculpture, "Gay Liberation."

OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April.

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Over the years, openSNP became one of the largest repositories of its kind, used in research, education, and even community-led investigations like debunking flawed CFS genetic studies.

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