How to Use basin in a Sentence
basin
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The drone took off with a whir and flew to the far side of the basin.
—Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
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The air in the basin wasn’t ruled healthy to breathe for almost five months of the year.
—Ed O’Neal, WSJ, 21 May 2021
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The basin surrounds an area known as the Pescadero Fault.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Dec. 2021
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In the first clip, Wren was held over the basin as his full head of hair was washed.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
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In the first clip, Wren is held over the basin as his full head of hair gets washed.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
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Some of the most popular parks are in and around the Tahoe basin.
—Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2022
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There were 21 named storms in the Atlantic basin last year.
—Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
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Sit lighter-weight pots in a basin of water and let the water wick to the top.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
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And recharge basins such as the one on Lebow’s land aren’t the only way to sink water.
—Erica Gies, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
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The Utica Shale basin, which is next door, is just as plush.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Don't forget to spray inside the basin of the sink as well as the faucet and handles.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
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But the basin may be down to its last few years of extractable water.
—Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
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The city also would get 5.76 acres along the north shore of the lagoon’s outer basin.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
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Trees and Shrubs * Use basins around trunks to direct water to the roots and avoid runoff.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
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Clear trash and debris from storm drains and catch basins along your block.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
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Part-time residents own more than half of all homes in the basin.
—Scott Sonner, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2021
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The basin is shared between Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.
—Time, 19 Jan. 2023
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With the imposition of the Morales Project, the water basin at the foot of the volcano is at risk.
—Christina Noriega, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2022
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The tribe reintroduced the salmon to the Clearwater and Snake basin areas in the late 1990s.
—oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021
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To create a foot soak at home: Fill a basin with warm water.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
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By early Tuesday, the fire had taken hold in the Tahoe basin.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2021
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This year’s drought is part of the new climate regime the basin is shifting into.
—Anna V. Smith, Wired, 5 June 2021
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So far, the seven states in the basin have been unable to reach agreement on the guidelines.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
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So when the glacier is great enough to lift the glacier, the water escapes the basin and flows downstream, Jacobs said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2023
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The burn scar, which extends into the Lake Tahoe basin, is off limits to the public through at least the end of the year.
—Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
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No land sat lower than this basin, the terminus of the Tule, Kaweah, Kings and Kern rivers.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
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The 405 Freeway is the main artery linking the western part of the valley to the Los Angeles basin.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
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If the Atlantic basin comes near that mark again the Greek alphabet won’t be used.
—Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 21 May 2021
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The collapse of the Doomsday Glacier would essentially open the floodgates, causing the ocean to fill the basin and accelerate ice loss.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2025
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Supporting local craftmanship, basins are hewn from limestone sourced from the nearby island of Brač.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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