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Recent Examples of standpipe
Two 155-foot-tall standpipes, or cylindrical water tanks, were built at the northeast corner and the 5-acre parcel on which they’re located will remain under commission ownership.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Its caretakers had firefighting equipment, hoses and standpipes at the ready to draw water across different points of the property.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
My favorite subject by far has been standpipes, those systems that supply water to a building in case of fire.
—James Barron, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
But firefighters discovered that there was no standpipe on the interior of the building — a violation of the state fire code.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
Its caretakers had firefighting equipment, hoses and standpipes at the ready to draw water across different points of the property.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
My favorite subject by far has been standpipes, those systems that supply water to a building in case of fire.
—James Barron, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
But firefighters discovered that there was no standpipe on the interior of the building — a violation of the state fire code.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standpipe
Noun
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The hydrants that the firemen were drawing from ran dry in the middle of the fight, Gonzalez said, and his colleagues had to leave the station in search of water.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Those hydrants were at Lehigh Avenue at Churchill Street, Lehigh Avenue at Dempster Street, the north side of Dempster Street halfway between Lehigh Avenue and Birch Avenue, and Dempster Street at Birch Avenue, the Facebook post states.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Start by removing the oil cap and dipstick, then tip the mower over a drain pan to empty the old oil.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, drain and rinse beans.—
Marianne Williams,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This kit also comes with a funnel for filling the bottles up with products, plus two toothbrush covers, a contact lens applicator, and clear labels for each product.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Oct. 2025
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Tim O’Brien, chief revenue officer of Scopely, traced the arc of mobile gaming’s rise as an economic force as well as serving as a wide funnel to draw consumers deeper into the medium of video games as an entertainment option.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The element that sets the 95-suite 679-foot ship apart is its signature Funnel Suite, reminiscent of the smokestacks of early-20th-century ocean liners.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
28 Sep. 2025
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In the 1700’s a factory smokestack in England was spewing smoking ashes onto a neighboring property.—
Christopher A. Combs,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The animals had to figure out which of two water spouts provided a sugary drink.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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The center of our Milky Way galaxy is in the area just above the teapot’s spout in Sagittarius.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dark-wash stovepipes, discreet handbag, some fine shades, and the unbeatable look is windblown and truly fresh-off-the-boat.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The end of each round of balloting will be signaled by smoke emanating from a stovepipe chimney atop the Sistine Chapel.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Peels can create a huge mess in the drainpipes down the road.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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The rattlesnake named Gertrude, or Gertie, took shelter in the opening of a drainpipe earlier this summer and gave birth around late July or early August at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, the Detroit Free Press previously reported.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The National Park Service closes the North Rim in winter, in part because the historic Grand Canyon Lodge was built for summer, with shallow pipes that would freeze in winter.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Check out other gaming options in our best PC games roundup, and swing by our 2025 video game calendar to see what other titles are coming down the pipe later this year.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Standpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standpipe. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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