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drinking water

British  

noun

  1. water reserved or suitable for drinking

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A separate experiment tested a simpler approach: giving mice D-serine in their drinking water for three weeks.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

It wants us to stockpile canned food and drinking water, strengthen our civic resilience, and plan for the possibility of war.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

It’s basically to shame myself into drinking water.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

We try to find operational ways to save water to have less of an impact on the shipping industry and to supply drinking water for the population.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Mama was afraid it would foul up our drinking water.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

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