sanitation
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These boats are often small and cramped, lacking in basic facilities like fresh water and sanitation.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The regulations allowed for safe, sanctioned camping for up to 50 people with amenities like security and sanitation.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
The emergency appeal funds will go towards shelter support, providing relief items, health services and maintaining water and sanitation services.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
But some 8.5 million people are suffering the breakdown of food distribution, widespread unemployment, the collapse of hospitals, the failure of public sanitation and potable-water supplies, a housing deficit, and epidemics of contagious diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Disease-carrying insects become important where human beings are crowded together, especially under conditions where sanitation is poor, as in time of natural disaster or war or in situations of extreme poverty and deprivation.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing sanitation
Africa - Introductory
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Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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