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  Waters

  noun

  Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.
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  waters

  plural noun

  any body of sea, or seas regarded as sharing some common quality

Waters

American  

[waw-terz, wot-erz] / ˈwɔ tərz, ˈwɒt ərz /

noun

1. Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.

2. Muddy McKinley Morganfield, 1915–83, U.S. blues singer and musician.

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waters ¹ British  

plural noun

1. any body of sea, or seas regarded as sharing some common quality

   Irish territorial waters

   uncharted tropical waters

2. physiol (sometimes singular) the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb

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Waters ² British  

/ ˈwɔːtəz /

noun

1. Muddy, real name McKinley Morganfield. 1915–83, US blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His songs include "Rollin' Stone" (1948) and "Got my Mojo Working" (1954)

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To test the trend, Jamie Waters spent one week trading his daily three-iced-latte habit for cans of “rocket fuel”—drinking 16.5 in total.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

And the more prominent Waters becomes, the more of a problem she’ll be.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

The platform given to Waters by the Heritage Foundation is prominent, but despite the efforts of The New York Times, her intended audience doesn’t seem to be interested.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

While Coinbase and Ms. Waters disagree on much about crypto, we agree completely on this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

While they were having dessert, Bess asked, "Did you hear about the brown and white speckled pony Ms. Waters found in her garden yesterday?"

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene

Rezaei’s decades navigating Iran’s changing political waters have given him an adaptive streak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by warmer ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, coupled with changing atmospheric conditions, in which the typical east-to-west trade winds weaken or even reverse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

There are no bans on shipping, however, she added, and it was up to the individual captains to decide how to adjust their cargoes to adapt to the lower waters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

“The El Niño is going to bring even warmer waters, and so the question of a long-duration heat wave is a possibility for this year,” Merrifield said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The waters are gentle & as I watch the clouds slide by in the sky, it looks like we are making good progress, about 7 knots per hour.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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