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Examples of tap water in a Sentence
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The Biden administration has been racing this spring to finalize a slew of major environmental regulations, including rules to combat climate change, a first-ever ban on asbestos and new limits on toxic chemicals in tap water.
—Coral Davenport, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Mike DeWine, the governor of Ohio, drank tap water from a resident’s kitchen on TV.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
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“Tap water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20water. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
tap water
noun
: water as it comes from a tap (as in a home)
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