as in tailor
a person who sews
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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For example, the agency would ensure water and sewer systems could handle bigger floods, or would plan to inoculate against diseases that might spread faster in warm weather.
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Jake Bittle, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2025
Demographic pressures have sent Justin and its peers scrambling to scale up water, sewer and other public goods for thousands of new homes.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
These new builds have access to sewers and to running water from deep wells, while in more rural areas nearby some 2,500 families depend on water trucks for sustenance.
—Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
Her major accomplishment: taking on the unsexy but important job of overhauling the city's water and sewer systems.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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Jake Bittle, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2025
Demographic pressures have sent Justin and its peers scrambling to scale up water, sewer and other public goods for thousands of new homes.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
These new builds have access to sewers and to running water from deep wells, while in more rural areas nearby some 2,500 families depend on water trucks for sustenance.
—Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
Her major accomplishment: taking on the unsexy but important job of overhauling the city's water and sewer systems.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sewer
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewer. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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