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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
Flakes were borne onto the deserted train station and decommissioned cisterns.
—Nathan Fields, The New York Review of Books, 3 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
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
Flakes were borne onto the deserted train station and decommissioned cisterns.
—Nathan Fields, The New York Review of Books, 3 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
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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Four more upstairs include a posh primary suite flaunting a fireplace, a separate sitting area with a balcony, dual walk-in closets, and a bath spotlighted by a Hydro Systems soaking tub.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Head and the Heart’s touring gear includes a cold-plunge tub for the band to cool off backstage.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Disperse, reactive and vat pigment categories, along with the raw materials for indigo, were among DyStar’s most significant purchases.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
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The film, a reimagining of the 1984 horror-comedy, is a raucous ride about Winston Gooze (Peter Dinklage), a down-on-his-luck janitor who's transformed into a super-powered mutant after falling into a vat of chemicals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Cistern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cistern. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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