Thesaurus results for CESSPOOLS

cesspools

noun

plural of cesspool

as in sinks

a place of great vice and corruption over the decades the once-respectable neighborhood had become an urban cesspool

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Recent Examples of cesspools In Levittown, the cost-cutting builders at first hadn’t even bothered with tanks and had installed cesspools instead—three decades later, the suburb’s sewer system was still under construction. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Gobler says the culprit is our area's warming waters and too much nitrogen, mostly from underground aging and leaking cesspools. — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 These improvements amount to little more than empty symbolic gestures when our parks immediately revert to looking like cesspools. — Rafael Perez, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026

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sinks

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The kitchen hand sinks were out of the paper towels and hand soap.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Other key elements include roll-in showers with grab bars and handheld shower wands; raised toilet seats with grab bars; lowered light switches, thermostats, and mirrors; and wheelchair-accessible bathroom sinks.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

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