watershed
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The canal operator said that "lower than forecast rainfall in the canal's watershed" called for measures to bolster the "long-term sustainability" of the waterway.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Plans to roughly double buybacks to at least $4 billion per operation in September do not necessarily point to a watershed moment for the roughly $31 trillion Treasury market, strategists said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
She described the event as a "watershed moment" adding: "A sign of our city's strength, ambition and future potential. Fleadh 2026 has surpassed all of our expectations."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Jean Milburn, Anderson’s humorously matter-of-fact sex therapist from the series “Sex Education,” represented a watershed beginning in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In 1954, as we have seen, the watershed of this branch of the Miramichi was heavily sprayed.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Addressing common criticisms, he pledged to keep electricity prices low by building its own energy-generating infrastructure wherever Meta invests and to restore more water than it uses in the watersheds it operates by 2030.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
It “addresses the effects of concrete, asphalt and other impervious surfaces that cover the urban landscape in these two watersheds, to protect water quality in the creeks, rivers and beaches downstream,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
When exploring the watersheds east of Cuzco, Peru, he writes, Miller was “overawed by the tropical forest canopy stretching to infinity before him.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Large watersheds are far more common on Earth than on Mars.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Such places, the watersheds of the great coniferous forests of spruce and balsam, of hemlock and pine, provide the kind of spawning grounds that salmon must have in order to survive.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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