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as in bowls
a large circular container used especially for holding water for washing
They washed their clothes in a basin.
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as in valleys
a depressed or sunken area of land
The animals drank from a shallow basin surrounded by grasslands.
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Recent Examples of basins
Question 1 asked voters to approve $30 million to invest in storm drains, pipes and catch basins to remove water during heavy rainfall.
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Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Despite observations of a trend toward slower-moving storms in the Atlantic and other ocean basins in recent years, the causal connection is not as well established, Kossin said.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The day heads on each level have been upgraded with large onyx basins and statement mirrors.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
That change is possible because California recently loosened its purification rules to allow purified wastewater to be pumped directly into a water system, instead of being stored for months in reservoirs or underground basins.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Among the 11 basins, these were identified for highest impact reduction potential.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Many are large, shallow, and opaque basins filled with water, each coupled with a bright green, circular glass panel on the floor beside them.
—Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The utility also has detention basins at its Peak Flow Attenuation Facility, located off Scott Hamilton Drive, that are meant to allow the system to handle significant rain events.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
There are not many basins globally that are undrilled.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Despite observations of a trend toward slower-moving storms in the Atlantic and other ocean basins in recent years, the causal connection is not as well established, Kossin said.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The day heads on each level have been upgraded with large onyx basins and statement mirrors.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
That change is possible because California recently loosened its purification rules to allow purified wastewater to be pumped directly into a water system, instead of being stored for months in reservoirs or underground basins.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Among the 11 basins, these were identified for highest impact reduction potential.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Many are large, shallow, and opaque basins filled with water, each coupled with a bright green, circular glass panel on the floor beside them.
—Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The utility also has detention basins at its Peak Flow Attenuation Facility, located off Scott Hamilton Drive, that are meant to allow the system to handle significant rain events.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
There are not many basins globally that are undrilled.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basins
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Your purchase includes dinner plates, salad plates, pasta bowls, cereal bowls, and mugs — enough for six people.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The whole process can take up to 40 minutes, by which point there are enough noodles to fill four bowls of soup, Zhang said.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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The coldest air arrives Friday night, with lows dropping into the low teens across the plains and urban corridor, and even colder readings expected in the foothills and mountain valleys.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935, the quarter-mile-long run has a 30-foot tower and dips and valleys, for a total vertical drop of about 90 feet.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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That’s great news for collectors, many of whom count this Third Growth Margaux among their favorite bottles.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
9 Nov. 2025
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During the celebration, Kendall was presented with a white birthday cake adorned with black ribbons, white candles and shot bottles of 818 tequila (her alcohol brand).—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an alert in December 2024 warning against using fire pits that burn alcohol or liquid fuels due to the devices violating a voluntary safety standard.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Rubbish pits also contained various food waste, including animal bones and oyster shells.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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So where fiber connections may be expensive to make (think rivers and ravines, for instance), or where permitting is very challenging, FSO could provide just the solution.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
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However, the weeks surrounding them can provide spectacular views of their own, as the line separating night from day, known as the terminator, sweeps across its surface, throwing ancient craters, ravines and mountain ranges into relief.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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Then, after a Mazzulla timeout and a round of C’s substitutions, the Magic got back-to-back buckets off offensive rebounds, then two makes off steals by Desmond Bane (22 points) and Paolo Banchero (15 points).—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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In a brick building atop a hill a half-mile from the Racing Capital of the World, the decades-old bar furnishes regulars with beer buckets and burgers every day of the week.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
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Her seventh novel follows longtime friends Laura Miller and Edmund Putnam, both languishing in personal and professional troughs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Crests and troughs add together, sometimes making higher crests and lower troughs or sometimes canceling each other out.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
27 Nov. 2025
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Overnight at the Turkey Run State Park Inn, which has both a lodge and cabins set in 2,382 acres of woods and sandstone gorges.—
Ashlyn Ware,
Midwest Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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In West Virginia, many of the thousands of bridges spanning mountain valleys and gorges are named for local veterans and on Main Streets in small towns, banners feature hometown soldiers, some of whom fought and died in past conflicts.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
6 Dec. 2025
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“Basins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basins. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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