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Recent Examples of cistern
This includes a robust landscape management plan to fire-harden the site, restore native vegetation, install an underground cistern to support emergency response, and embrace emerging exterior fire protection technologies.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
Or check out the old water cistern, half-hidden in the golden light, where Julia and her cookbook co-author, Simone Beck, had dunked themselves, laughing, to escape the summer heat.
—Karen Yuan, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
Before the city worked to add a floating cover on the Santa Ynez reservoir to improve water quality and security, city officials added a cistern at the Pacific Palisades Reservoir where firefighters could land a helicopter to refill their supply.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 3 May 2025
There are more than 200 underground cisterns to store backup water.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
Or check out the old water cistern, half-hidden in the golden light, where Julia and her cookbook co-author, Simone Beck, had dunked themselves, laughing, to escape the summer heat.
—Karen Yuan, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
Before the city worked to add a floating cover on the Santa Ynez reservoir to improve water quality and security, city officials added a cistern at the Pacific Palisades Reservoir where firefighters could land a helicopter to refill their supply.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 3 May 2025
There are more than 200 underground cisterns to store backup water.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cistern
Noun
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The centerpiece was an onsen-style soaking tub, set beneath a skylight and framed by a wall of river rocks.—
Lisa Greissinger,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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The primary suite includes an ample bathroom with a soaking tub, plus a sauna for relaxing your muscles after a day full of activity.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For the pair of galaxies, the hot gas cloud of ionized gas, filled with free electrons and which stretches for millions of light years around the cluster is like tumbling into a vat of treacle that then begins to scour the gas on the leading edge of the infalling galaxies, ablating it.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The property includes a 4,900-square-foot hatchery, 550 outdoor vats, and a modern home with a pool.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Cistern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cistern. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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