: a medieval household officer often of high rank in charge of serving the dishes at table and sometimes of seating and tasting
: an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall)
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Noun (2)
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Utility crews were scheduled to continue installing sanitary sewer on Iowa Avenue between Howard Street and Winthrop, as well as storm sewer along Nebraska Avenue between Winthrop and Howard.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Farmer added sewer access to the site as recently as 2023, which made the subdivision project possible.
—Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025
Officials at the Water Reclamation Authority are pursuing new goals after the utility was officially released last year from a pair of longstanding legal agreements that required the utility to address sewer overflows, leading to major investments across the system.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
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But city officials stressed that the system is needed to avoid about $5 billion in upgrades to the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant, which would force sewer rates to skyrocket.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Utility crews were scheduled to continue installing sanitary sewer on Iowa Avenue between Howard Street and Winthrop, as well as storm sewer along Nebraska Avenue between Winthrop and Howard.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Farmer added sewer access to the site as recently as 2023, which made the subdivision project possible.
—Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025
Officials at the Water Reclamation Authority are pursuing new goals after the utility was officially released last year from a pair of longstanding legal agreements that required the utility to address sewer overflows, leading to major investments across the system.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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