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Recent Examples of faucets
Keep your water faucets dripping, wrap your pipes in minimally heated areas with piping insulation, and leave doors open to allow heat to flow through your home.
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Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Drip faucets correctly Set faucets to a small, steady drip rather than a stream to conserve water while preventing freezing.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
Drip your faucets, so water can run through your pipes.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
Single-use plastics were eliminated in 2022, and numerous energy efficiency initiatives are in place, including low-flow faucets and showerheads, waste reduction and recycling programs.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
With this in mind, Fireclay recently launched the Foundry Collection, which offers the Pebble and Groove handle options for both faucets and showers.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2026
Focus on high-visibility, high-touch areas like kitchen counters, tables, glass, faucets, and sinks.
—Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 4 Jan. 2026
Shampoo is particularly adept at cleaning chrome faucets and other chrome finishings where grease, streaks, and fingerprints are just waiting to be erased.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2025
Now is an extremely dangerous time to turn off the faucets.
—Eileen Espejo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Drip faucets correctly Set faucets to a small, steady drip rather than a stream to conserve water while preventing freezing.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
Drip your faucets, so water can run through your pipes.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
Single-use plastics were eliminated in 2022, and numerous energy efficiency initiatives are in place, including low-flow faucets and showerheads, waste reduction and recycling programs.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
With this in mind, Fireclay recently launched the Foundry Collection, which offers the Pebble and Groove handle options for both faucets and showers.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2026
Focus on high-visibility, high-touch areas like kitchen counters, tables, glass, faucets, and sinks.
—Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 4 Jan. 2026
Shampoo is particularly adept at cleaning chrome faucets and other chrome finishings where grease, streaks, and fingerprints are just waiting to be erased.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2025
Now is an extremely dangerous time to turn off the faucets.
—Eileen Espejo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faucets
valves
Noun
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The work involved replacing huge concrete pipes that are 36 inches wide and replacing three large valves that can cost as much as $200,000 each.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026
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Spit valves full, chops spent, the band finished their set, and the patrons, ears ringing, set out into the night.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Faucets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faucets. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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