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According to fire officials, tanker shuttles were used to bring water to the fire from a 10,000-gallon cistern on Hazel Woods Drive and a hydrant on Washington Road.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
Alongside the two pairs of identical twins, it was also discovered that a quarter of the remains tested had a close relative in the cistern.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
Brazil has built one million cisterns in its semiarid northeast to ensure adequate water supplies during extended dry seasons.
—Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
The ruins of ancient temples, roads, a harbor and a cistern for collecting rainwater lie near Turkey’s western coast.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
Alongside the two pairs of identical twins, it was also discovered that a quarter of the remains tested had a close relative in the cistern.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
Brazil has built one million cisterns in its semiarid northeast to ensure adequate water supplies during extended dry seasons.
—Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
The ruins of ancient temples, roads, a harbor and a cistern for collecting rainwater lie near Turkey’s western coast.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cistern
Noun
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In 2023, he was discovered unresponsive and floating face down in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
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While soaking the blinds in the tub, mix in a little bit of dish soap or vinegar.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Such meat is produced in bioreactors, which are sterile vats filled with a growing medium.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The building also featured six amphorae (large vats) embedded in its countertop in a configuration like the one seen in Pompeii’s famous street food court, or thermopolia.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
11 June 2025
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“Cistern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cistern. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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