Thesaurus results for RESERVOIRS

reservoirs

noun

plural of reservoir

as in supplies

the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time the area boasts a large reservoir of college-educated people for companies to draw on

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Recent Examples of reservoirs The United States’ two largest reservoirs have dropped to unprecedented lows this year as drought grips the Southwest, but below the ground there’s another water crisis playing out — one that’s much less visible, but no less alarming. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 In the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 These wetlands, connected to the river, act as natural reservoirs that absorb and hold water, especially when the river swells with meltwater or heavy rain. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Instead, much of the city's water originates in mountain watersheds, where winter storms build the snowpack that eventually melts into streams, rivers and reservoirs. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Most commercial nuclear stations rely on active pumps and massive water reservoirs to manage core temperatures. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Following a major eruption in 2018 that partly drained one of the underground lava reservoirs, there were indications that it was being steadily refilled. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026 The storm comes as Baltimore’s water reservoirs are at their lowest levels in decades. — Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026 Reservoirs of Yersinia pestis exist on every continent except Oceania, however, that does not mean human cases occur everywhere those reservoirs exist. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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Decodo, a web data company, tracked price changes in 2025 across products ranging from electronics to clothing and home improvement supplies.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Relief supplies were unlikely to reach the islands for three to five days, according to Saturday updates from FEMA.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of supplies

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And inventories of used electric vehicles dropped too, with only 31 days of supply in May, 23% below the year before.

— John Paul Helveston, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
The group warned that even if refineries step up production of diesel into the year-end, inventories will likely remain strained until the second half of 2027.

— Gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of inventories

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Some employees live in dorms on site, and all of them have easy access to pools and fitness centers.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Halloween inventory now lands while pools are still open, Christmas lists get started before summer ends and retailers are placing seasonal orders months ahead of their previous timelines.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of pools

Noun

Logan Henderson, Robert Gasser and Dustin May have impressive repertoires of their own.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
By separating skill acquisition from task specification, BeyondMimic provides a route toward humanoid robots that can learn large repertoires of human movement and recombine those skills to handle new situations without task-specific retraining.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

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