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 The team fed the data about the reservoirs of volatile elements of both Earth and Mars into computer models to test which formation scenarios fit best, and the results favor a hybrid model. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Reservoirs of Yersinia pestis exist on every continent except Oceania, however, that does not mean human cases occur everywhere those reservoirs exist. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 All of this has fueled a longtime campaign to consolidate both reservoirs into Lake Mead. — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026 The river water will supplement the Prettyboy and Loch Raven reservoirs and serve parts of Baltimore City and County. — Ellie Buckheit, Baltimore Sun, 3 Oct. 2026 Parts of New Mexico, meanwhile, looked less and less like the months of drought that dried up reservoirs and caused hungry bears to roam into neighborhoods in search of food. — Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Energy companies might save substantial capital by tapping naturally occurring subterranean structures rather than excavating artificial caverns or modifying depleted reservoirs. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026 Thousands sheltered on Monday in evacuation centres in the Thai capital, parts of it still flooded after havoc brought by intense weekend rain, while swelling reservoirs in an eastern province triggered orders for more to leave their homes. — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026 Two reservoirs along the Russian River in Northern California — Lake Mendocino and Lake Sonoma — are using the approach to hold more water from the October-April storm season for summer. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reservoirs
  1. supplies
  2. inventories
  3. pools
  4. repertoires
Noun
  • Russia extended its own diesel export ban for at least another month, while China suspended fuel exports for October, a move that will further squeeze global energy supplies.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • About 7% of global energy supplies and around 12% to 15% of all global shipping transit the strait.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of supplies
Noun
  • Fuel inventories that act as shock absorbers have already been tapped.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
  • With the onset of the autumn agricultural harvest and winter heating seasons, domestic distillate inventories, including diesel, continue to trend downward.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • There are two pools, one family-friendly, and one for adults only.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The structure’s 27 gleaming marble petals rise in clusters of three to form nine sides, creating a perfectly symmetrical bloom that appears to float above a series of nine reflecting pools.
    — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of pools
Noun
  • 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
Definition of repertoires

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“Reservoirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reservoirs. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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