Thesaurus results for RESERVOIRS

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 Lange said preserving forests around reservoirs helps keep drinking water clean while reducing treatment costs for cities and towns. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 The requirement applies to lakes, rivers, reservoirs and other freshwater inland waterways, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta east of Chipps Island. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The United States’ two largest reservoirs have dropped to unprecedented lows this year as drought grips the Southwest, but below the ground there’s another water crisis playing out — one that’s much less visible, but no less alarming. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 In the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 These wetlands, connected to the river, act as natural reservoirs that absorb and hold water, especially when the river swells with meltwater or heavy rain. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Most commercial nuclear stations rely on active pumps and massive water reservoirs to manage core temperatures. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Following a major eruption in 2018 that partly drained one of the underground lava reservoirs, there were indications that it was being steadily refilled. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026 The storm comes as Baltimore’s water reservoirs are at their lowest levels in decades. — Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026

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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Oil prices year-to-date The pullback followed a sharp rally on Friday after attacks by Yemen's Houthi militants on Saudi Arabia reignited fears of disruptions to global energy supplies.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
From delivering supplies to protecting ships The platform already has experience in military logistics.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of supplies

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The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Governments are pushing defense manufacturers to replenish inventories, modernize capabilities and accelerate deliveries.

— Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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Inside the spa, which costs $85 to enter, visitors will find saunas as hot as 220 degrees, cold-plunge pools, steam rooms and banya treatments that whisk naked bodies with oak leaves and essential oils.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
The 4,000-square-meter space gives guests access to a variety of hot and cold pools, saunas, and a one-of-a-kind green space sprinkled with lounge chairs, firepits, and 360-degree mountain views.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of pools

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Logan Henderson, Robert Gasser and Dustin May have impressive repertoires of their own.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
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

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