reservoirs

noun

plural of reservoir
as in supplies
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 reservoirs In 1950, in the Catskills, New York City officials approved the use of what had been General Electric’s experimental Cold War weapon to end a drought and fill the city’s reservoirs. — Rana Mitter, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 The reservoirs were built to supply water to Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Such reservoirs, if fed directly by the ocean, would be significantly easier for passing spacecraft to detect and analyze than an ocean buried miles below. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026 From mountain snowpack to vast reservoirs and underground aquifers, the state's water travels an extraordinary journey before reaching homes, businesses, and farms. — James Ward, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 Raleigh meanwhile ended its water restrictions on Monday after several periods of heavy rain raised water levels in its local reservoirs to acceptable levels. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026 Sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce, the measure would set a 365-day limit on environmental reviews for a wide range of projects, including new reservoirs, housing, public transit, solar farms and battery storage facilities. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 In July, the combined water of Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the country's two biggest reservoirs, fell to their lowest levels since 1957. — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026 Full reservoirs usually help buoy water levels during dry summers and low-water years, said Kirk Deeter with the conservation group Trout Unlimited. — Matthew Brown, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reservoirs
  1. supplies
  2. inventories
  3. pools
  4. repertoires
Noun
  • Tehran also responded by effectively shutting down tanker and cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which around one-fifth of global oil supplies usually transit.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Before the war, an average of 120 vessels crossed the crucial waterway, through which one-fifth of global oil supplies used to travel, every day.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplies
Noun
  • Yet the military’s own acquisition efforts acknowledge limits to existing inventories.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, has released reports on declining inventories based on budget documents and other public information.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • In the video, pools of thick, black oil can be seen stretching along the beach, on Qeshm’s southeast coast.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The 10 Most Expensive Homes Ever Sold Elsewhere, a sitting room/lounge opens to a garden trailed by rock formations, while natural light pools into the media room through clerestory windows.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of pools
Noun
  • Over the ensuing decades, the young nation incorporated the musical repertoires, instruments and expressions of immigrants from various European and African groups.
    — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Learning a dozen-plus pitchers, getting a grasp on their repertoires, determining how they can best be handled and what makes each tick was a challenge, along with understanding how the Rays do things.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Definition of repertoires

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