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Recent Examples of freshwater
Are freshwater resources disappearing?
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Ashoka, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Radiocarbon dating of the freshwater mussel shells reveals that the dingo’s burial mound was built between 916 and 963 years ago, around the same time the dingo died.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Cenotes are freshwater sinkhole caves formed from the collapse of limestone bedrock.
—Ryan Brennan
april 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Yet freshwater fish are still too often managed at a local or national scale, as if rivers and fish movements stop at political boundaries.
—Zeb Hogan, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
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Ashoka, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Radiocarbon dating of the freshwater mussel shells reveals that the dingo’s burial mound was built between 916 and 963 years ago, around the same time the dingo died.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Cenotes are freshwater sinkhole caves formed from the collapse of limestone bedrock.
—Ryan Brennan
april 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Yet freshwater fish are still too often managed at a local or national scale, as if rivers and fish movements stop at political boundaries.
—Zeb Hogan, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshwater
pure
Adjective
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Couples who stay close over the long haul rarely run on pure self-sacrifice.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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What ensued was 90 minutes of pure sound.—
David Close,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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“Freshwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshwater. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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