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Origin of waterless
before 950; Middle English waterlees, Old English waterlēas. See water, -less
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On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Since then, he’s been drywashing, a waterless process that uses air to separate heavy materials, such as gold, from the lighter dirt and sediment.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
Alchemie is not the only company attempting a nearly waterless dye process.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
Steps away was the freshly painted but waterless pool, behind a locked chain-link fence.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2023
At night in this waterless air the stars come down just out of reach of your fingers.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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