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basin

[bay-suhn] / ˈbeɪ sən /


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Its journey began on an ancient lakebed inside Jezero Crater and continued through the remains of a river system that once carried water and sediment into the basin.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Polo was also one of three hurricanes churning away in the same basin at the same time, along with Odalys and Nolo.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“As people like to say in the basin, lawsuits aren’t going to generate any water,” Mr. Udall says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Across the Atlantic in Africa, the situation deteriorated in the Congo basin, where rainforest loss reached 2.4 million hectares -- near the same level of deforestation as the Amazon for the first time.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Beside the row of outdoor toilets was a basin with a tin cup on a chain.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Chief Executive Olivier Le Peuch said SLB benefited from growth in North America land, as well as a gradual recovery in the Middle East and broadening international activity in deepwater offshore basins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Because the Pacific is so vast, changes in its mass can outweigh gains or losses in other ocean basins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Gulf Coast refineries benefit from lower-cost crude coming from Texas oil basins such as the Permian and Eagle Ford.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Los Angeles County uses a network of 27 spreading grounds, where artificial basins fill up when storms send torrents cascading down from the mountains into the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Not the silvery catches that swam and somersaulted in the wooden basins that lined the market at the foot of the Mountain of Ten Thousand Steps.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord


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