Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standpipes
Noun
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When the fire reignited a week later, there was neither enough water in the hydrants nor enough firefighters on hand.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026 -
The suits contend that part of the reason for the dry hydrants is that the LADWP’s 117-million-gallon reservoir in Pacific Palisades had been empty for nearly a year, awaiting repairs.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Below, San Angelo gives us several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, her best tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what to avoid when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Peels can create a huge mess in the drainpipes down the road.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
15 Dec. 2025
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Citizens plans to build about 52 miles of new transmission mains, seven storage tanks and four booster stations to pipe water to Lebanon.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
12 Jan. 2026
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Choose a cookbook from your collection (one of Martha's many is a natural choice) or snag a new one from the library, and work your way through each of the appetizers, mains, and desserts.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
11 Jan. 2026
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With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane.—
Patchen Barss,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Aug. 2025
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And don’t forget spying whale spouts from the coastal cliffs, sans guardrails!—
Crai S Bower,
Outside,
18 Dec. 2025
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The manufacturer makes packaging such as sticks, jars, vials, spouts, bottles and tubes for small and mid-size brands in the personal care, household, and food and beverage sectors.—
Desiree Mathurin
December 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Dec. 2025
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Crimson smokestacks tower over parts of downtown Rocky Mount, reminding the town’s roughly 54,000 residents of its roots as a once-booming tobacco market.—
Makiya Seminera,
Fortune,
19 Dec. 2025
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The Morro Bay site is well-known for three towering 450-foot concrete smokestacks, which, similar to the two 500-foot tall former PG&E smoke stacks at Moss Landing in Monterey County, are among the tallest structures on the California coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
3 Dec. 2025
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There were several holes greater than a quarter-inch on the ceiling panels in the office/storage room, main kitchen near the pipes and in the prep area.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 14,
Sacbee.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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As one of the oldest gas utilities in the country, BGE’s network of gas pipes includes material, such as cast iron, that has a heightened risk of failure.—
Sofia Gilroy,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Standpipes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standpipes. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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