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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

New items in original packaging will be accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the nine Indiana National Guard armories across the state.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

Six thousand militiamen were put on standby in nearby armories.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield