reservoirs

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 That figure represents technical potential rather than a prediction that thousands of reservoirs will soon disappear under solar panels. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 In August, the two largest water reservoirs in the country, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, had reached record-low levels amid a worsening drought in the area. Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 In August, the two largest water reservoirs in the country, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, had reached record low levels amid a worsening drought in the area. John Tufts, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026 Deputy Commissioner Aubrey Bettencourt wrote that the state cannot impose such conditions on how the federal government operates reservoirs, such as Shasta Dam and Folsom Dam. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Close in age, Anderson and Coffey have become frequent golf partners and often take long hikes up the mountains and along the reservoirs outside the city, areas that remind Coffey of his rural home country. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026 Coupal said the state would do better to build more reservoirs and provide voluntary incentives to encourage water conservation, like more rebates for property owners who choose to replace grass with low-water landscaping. Paul Rogers, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 In Delta County, depleted reservoirs have caused irrigation canals to dry up, leaving orchards like Ela’s without any water. Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2026 The agency owns 10 reservoirs, along with three drinking water treatment plants, and manages 333 miles of the roughly 800 miles of creeks and rivers in Santa Clara County, including parts of the Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • Kaamil Alli, spokesman for the country’s trade minister, said South African officials were holding discussions with US companies interested in securing critical mineral supplies.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But supplies of Gulf energy to the West are now looking much more precarious.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Supply shocks in energy inventories are escalating inflation worries just as the Federal Reserve is trying to restore price stability.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That becomes increasingly important as Washington seeks to replenish and expand inventories of advanced weapons.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Knauss also shared photos of the devastation from the hurricane, which showed chairs overturned in the sanctuary and pools of water that damaged every corner of the facility.
    Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But wherever credible revenue, savings or other financial value exists, scarce public dollars should help bring much larger pools of private capital to the table.
    Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
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  • By separating skill acquisition from task specification, BeyondMimic provides a route toward humanoid robots that can learn large repertoires of human movement and recombine those skills to handle new situations without task-specific retraining.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • 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

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“Reservoirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reservoirs. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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