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meres

noun

plural of mere, chiefly British

as in puddles

a small often deep body of water one of the most scenic meres in England's Lake District

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The drainage system had to empty the pool in less than 24 hours without leaving puddles.

— Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
These tiny insects lay their eggs in small puddles of standing water indoors and out.

— Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of puddles

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Combination plans cover both, often with optional add-ons for items such as pools or septic systems.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Yet, despite having pristine pools of first-party consumer insights, many CDPs remain passive archives—costly repositories of record that store data rather than act on it in real time.

— Pratik Bhadra, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of pools

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When glaciers retreat, the result can create glacial lakes prone to outburst floods and unstable slopes prone to landslides like Nepal experienced.

— Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
That flour flows into the lakes below and turns the water a dazzling turquoise.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of lakes

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Combined with higher reservoir productivity, this could allow Mazama’s wells to generate up to 10 times as much power as conventional geothermal wells.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
In an effort to curb the worsening decline and prevent more wells from running dry, California legislators in 2014 passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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