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cistern

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as in tub

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Recent Examples of cistern For more water, install barrels at each downspout, connect several rain barrels together, or go for a larger cistern. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026 Solar panels also were added to the park in 2017 and 2018, and a cistern was installed to collect water from the splash pad, which was repurposed for the irrigation of the sports fields. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 The park has a full-size soccer field, a sunken basketball court that doubles as a reservoir, a long wooden walkway raised above plantings and tall grasses, a community pavilion, a café, and a fifty-thousand-gallon cistern that captures rain for irrigation. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cistern

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In the house’s southern wing, the primary suite is complete with a private deck and a limestone and Calacatta marble bathroom featuring a deep soaking tub, a steam shower, and radiant heated floors.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 31 Aug. 2026
The rooms The Park View Loft, the sole top-floor unit and the hotel's showpiece, runs a generous 538 square feet, with unglazed terracotta tile wrapping the bed and bathroom and a circular tub large enough for two.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026

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After removing the protective packaging materials, installing the build platform and resin vat, and attaching the resin feed system, the printer is essentially ready to go.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
And over at the Island Noodles booth, owner Parker Lake, who is Hawaiian by birth, stirred up huge vats of teriyaki chicken noodles in a flaming wok.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

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