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armories

  • plural
    of armory.
    armory
    noun
    a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.

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Tests were administered in high-school auditoriums, armories, federal buildings or college lecture halls.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The mobilized Marines and National Guard troops “will be stationed all across Los Angeles ... that includes Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and a number of National Guard armories across the city,” Guillot said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2025

As water drained from the dam and flooded a 50-mile stretch of the Dnieper, Ukrainian territory along the western banks was swallowed up wholesale—farms, gas stations, land mines, armories, factories, houses, railroad tracks, forests.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2023

Forged in the high school gyms, skating rinks, community halls, National Guard armories and rowdy dance halls of the region, the Northwest Sound evolved incrementally, by trial and error.

From Seattle Times Mar. 10, 2023

The Sisters kept their pantries and auxiliary libraries and armories in the seemingly endless floors belowground.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill