as in supply
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
the area boasts a large reservoir of college-educated people for companies to draw on
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Recent Examples of reservoir
Restoration of the 74-mile river has been long pushed by environmentalists but opposed by those who enjoy or work on the reservoir created by a dam built in 1968.
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
The National Park Service declares peak bloom when 70 percent of the blossoms around the Tidal Basin, the reservoir on the National Mall, have opened.
—Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2026
The reservoir leads over to the Englebright Dam, which spills into the Lower Yuba River and flows all the way downstream.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
And Diamond Valley, the largest reservoir in Southern California, in Riverside County, was 94% full or 128% of normal.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
The National Park Service declares peak bloom when 70 percent of the blossoms around the Tidal Basin, the reservoir on the National Mall, have opened.
—Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2026
The reservoir leads over to the Englebright Dam, which spills into the Lower Yuba River and flows all the way downstream.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
And Diamond Valley, the largest reservoir in Southern California, in Riverside County, was 94% full or 128% of normal.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reservoir
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With more supply in the global markets, prices are likely to trend lower.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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This achievement is particularly important because drones operate under demanding conditions such as vibration, motion, limited power supply, and fluctuating communication signals.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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In the past, businesses were this huge pool of full-time employees who were kind of captive to the organization, doing bespoke workloads.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Ryan was originally slated to be part of Team USA’s rotation, but he was scratched from his first spring start due to lower back inflammation and held out of pool play entirely.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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In the event of a tornado watch, the NWS recommends folks review and discuss emergency plans, take inventory of supplies and check their safe room.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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Lighthouse’s ultimate goal is to nurture talent and to bundle the advertising inventory in all of these shows to sell across digital ad networks.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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By the start of last season, Edwards had integrated pull-up 3s into his repertoire, and in an extreme way.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Classics from the diasporic Vietnamese repertoire are included, too, with irreproachable instructions.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Reservoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reservoir. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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