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Recent Examples of cistern
For more water, install barrels at each downspout, connect several rain barrels together, or go for a larger cistern.
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
Kelsey created a water storage cistern made out of a strip of tarp and rocks.
Douglas, meanwhile, scored mega bushcraft points for building his own water storage unit out of a massive agave root.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 June 2025
Constructing these water cisterns required sinking a hole 39 feet (12 meters) deep below what is now a courtyard space used by workers and for storing equipment.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
For example, thousand-gallon cisterns that collect rainwater from the roof.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2025
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
Kelsey created a water storage cistern made out of a strip of tarp and rocks.
Douglas, meanwhile, scored mega bushcraft points for building his own water storage unit out of a massive agave root.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 June 2025
Constructing these water cisterns required sinking a hole 39 feet (12 meters) deep below what is now a courtyard space used by workers and for storing equipment.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
For example, thousand-gallon cisterns that collect rainwater from the roof.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cistern
Noun
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It’s also designed to reduce the risk of injury, such as falling trying to reach a window shade high on the wall or getting in an out of a tub.—
Jamie Gold,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Elsewhere, the bucket seats are fixed to the carbon tub.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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It’s built like a tank, and the heated vat means cold garage prints aren’t a problem.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 July 2025
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Piercings, for instance, should be removed or covered with a plastic bandage, to prevent the spread of bacteria or the plummeting of a nose ring into a vat of soup.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
12 July 2025
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“Cistern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cistern. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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