as in supply
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 reservoir
Forty-two percent comes from surface water out of lakes and reservoirs.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Macy’s, founded in New York City in 1858, benefits from a huge reservoir of goodwill among its 40 million annual customers, many of whom remember trips to the department store as kids, to get outfits for their graduations or to sit on Santa’s knee.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The tiny gym in the bowels of the great church was, for a time, the most important reservoir of talent in the game.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The teen’s body was reportedly recovered from the water the next day after using sonar to search the reservoir.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Macy’s, founded in New York City in 1858, benefits from a huge reservoir of goodwill among its 40 million annual customers, many of whom remember trips to the department store as kids, to get outfits for their graduations or to sit on Santa’s knee.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The tiny gym in the bowels of the great church was, for a time, the most important reservoir of talent in the game.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The teen’s body was reportedly recovered from the water the next day after using sonar to search the reservoir.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reservoir
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Indian officials have argued that it if the country were to stop buying Russian oil, a plan must be put in place to stabilize energy markets, along with a contingency to fill the shortfall in supply if Russian barrels are taken off the market.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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New Jerseyans’ electricity rates rose roughly 20% at the start of June as a result of price-setting capacity auctions—the market where power producers are paid to guarantee future supply.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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More than 20 televisions will show football and sports with live music, pool tables and a central horseshoe bar.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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There’s also a pool and spa, sports court, fireplace, guest house, gym, wine cellar, two-car garage and several sitting and dining areas.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Oct. 2025
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The company’s Amazon Web Services will launch a real-time bidding service for ad buyers and sellers called AWS RTB Fabric, with a goal of helping marketers and media outlets buy and sell digital commercial inventory through split-second auctions.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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Blue Jay follows other recent robotics developments at Amazon, including the testing the humanoid robot Digit and the inventory processing Sequoia robotics system.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dern had to expand her repertoire and become accustomed to striking, constantly honing and improving under the tutelage of esteemed boxing coach Jason Parillo.—
Brian Martin,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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Scott Hoying may need to add lullabies to his musical repertoire.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Reservoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reservoir. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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