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Every system, every fixture, faucet, and fireplace was ready to fail or had already failed.—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025 That’s like saying a leaky faucet is shedding tears.—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 Brass faucets, oak tables, lamps, and chairs from the old hotel were restored to reduce waste in the rebuild process.—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025 Some of her favorite pieces are the decorative pillows and the bathroom sink, which includes a tiny beaded drain stopper and earring studs as faucets.—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for faucet
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, bung, faucet, from Middle French fausset bung, perhaps from fausser to damage, from Late Latin falsare to falsify, from Latin falsus false
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