drinkable
Example Sentences
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The Water Research Centre consultancy estimated in February that centres in England currently use about 1.9bn litres of drinkable water a year – around 0.2% of the non-household market.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
They now account for 5% of monthly sales for drinkable self-tanner GlowDrop, up from less than 1% six months ago, said Vince van Meer, chief executive of parent company Gen Brands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Since mining got underway, "the water of the river is not drinkable; you can't even wash your body with that water", he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Few breakfasts and refreshment breaks didn’t include someone squeezing a cylinder of icy concentrate into a pitcher, adding water and stirring until it became a drinkable delight.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
Dad says—as if there were a way to divide the Comet water from the drinkable water.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
