as in tailor
a person who sews
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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Recent Examples of sewer
Our way forward should be a personal income tax on those who make more than $400,000 a year to address a specific list of spending items, starting with teacher pay, better roads and sewers, realistic property insurance and full enforcement of the state’s new condo safety laws.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Runaway Bay must also report sewer overflows to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
In a separate incident on Feb. 8, 2021, another 480,000 gallons were believed to have been discharged into the sewer system.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Rising water levels and increasingly extreme weather don't mix well with the city's easily overwhelmed sewer system, Planet Detroit reported.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Runaway Bay must also report sewer overflows to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
In a separate incident on Feb. 8, 2021, another 480,000 gallons were believed to have been discharged into the sewer system.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Rising water levels and increasingly extreme weather don't mix well with the city's easily overwhelmed sewer system, Planet Detroit reported.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewer
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His dad ran a tailor shop from the family’s Greenwood Ave. home when the hard-hitting left-hander was growing up, according to PhillyVoice.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Once a behind-the-scenes tool, AI is now central to how researchers accelerate timelines, discover new drugs, and tailor treatments to individual biology.—
Tomoko Yokoi,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewer. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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