potable
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Potable water, housing and medications are in short supply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
Potable water in general is also a major source of PFAS, says Jamie DeWitt, the director of Oregon State University’s Environmental Health Science Research Center.
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2023
Potable water in her shelter comes in trickles so she makes sure to keep one red pail full for her family of four.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
Potable water is forbidden for use in washing cars or filling swimming pools.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023
Potable, pō′ta-bl, adj. that may be drunk: liquid.—n. something drinkable.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Vocabulary lists containing potable
Power Suffix: -able
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