as in wets
to make wet
watered the plants
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Recent Examples of waters
Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Plural noun
Moderate flooding is expected, and waters up to 13 feet are impacting roads near Mequon, Thiensville and Saukville.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waters
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Plants will slowly die with yellowing foliage as water builds up in the container and drowns the roots.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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But rather than capturing the madness of the era, Lee drowns in sub-Scorsese excess, confusing saying a lot of things bluntly with saying something meaningful.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
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Since relatively little lives or grows in their caves, the fish are likely surviving on a meager diet of mostly bat feces and organic waste that washes in during the rainy season.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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The same goes for refilling itself at the station, which washes the mop pads.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
8 Aug. 2025
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Bright sunlight floods the sensors with background noise, surface reflections distort the signal, and long-distance measurements require higher stability than short-range indoor use.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Rainwater floods their tents and officers go cell-to-cell pressuring detainees to sign voluntary removal orders before they’re allowed to consult their attorneys.—
Kate Payne,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Waters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waters. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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