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basin

[bey-suhn] / ˈbeɪ sən /


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"The dark grey, achromatic basin was not incidental to the design," it says.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The Lake Chad basin is a huge region of waterways and swampland shared by Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

This would bring the rig count in the basin to between 261 and 271 rigs—a level comparable with last summer, according to Baker Hughes data.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Their work focuses on sedimentary rocks from the Appalachian basin in the eastern United States.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling, I rushed to his basin and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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