H2O
noun
: water sense 1a
American lawns and gardens drink up H2O at alarming rates, especially in the dry West, where more than 50% of residential water is used for landscaping.—
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While its smiling face looks up at you sweetly, its 620W motor generates a beastly 2300mm of H2O of suction pressure.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Oxygenic photosynthesis takes electrons and hydrogen from water (H2O) and gives them to molecular carbon dioxide (CO2) to create glucose (C6H12O6).
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
While Typhoon Lagoon’s season usually wraps up by September 7, Disney is keeping the summer magic alive with H2O Glow After Hours on select nights through September 13.
—Martie Bowser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Select other Orlando-area after-dark water park offerings as the summer of 2025 winds down include:
• Remaining sessions for Typhoon Lagoon’s Disney H2O Glow After Hours are Aug. 25, Aug. 31, Sept. 6 and Sept. 13.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
If chugging water all day long sounds like a drag, here's some encouraging news: Fruits and vegetables count towards your H2O intake, too!
—Alice Oglethorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2025
Have your daily prune dose along with a glass of H2O to make sure this doesn’t happen.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 24 June 2025
Qualifying SMRs must use light water—regular H2O, as opposed to heavy water which carries extra neutrons—as coolant.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2025
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Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Oxygenic photosynthesis takes electrons and hydrogen from water (H2O) and gives them to molecular carbon dioxide (CO2) to create glucose (C6H12O6).
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
While Typhoon Lagoon’s season usually wraps up by September 7, Disney is keeping the summer magic alive with H2O Glow After Hours on select nights through September 13.
—Martie Bowser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Select other Orlando-area after-dark water park offerings as the summer of 2025 winds down include:
• Remaining sessions for Typhoon Lagoon’s Disney H2O Glow After Hours are Aug. 25, Aug. 31, Sept. 6 and Sept. 13.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
If chugging water all day long sounds like a drag, here's some encouraging news: Fruits and vegetables count towards your H2O intake, too!
—Alice Oglethorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2025
Have your daily prune dose along with a glass of H2O to make sure this doesn’t happen.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 24 June 2025
Qualifying SMRs must use light water—regular H2O, as opposed to heavy water which carries extra neutrons—as coolant.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2025
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“H2O.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/H2O. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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