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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A billion people in the world will not have access to clean drinking water . ▪ And if our drinking water looked cloudy, we just let the tap run longer. ▪ Antibiotics and hormones used in human drugs have been detected in drinking ...

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n. water suitable for drinking

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n. 1 water that is intended to be ingested by humans. 2 # (context US standard of identity English) Water intended to be ingested by humans, sealed in a container, having no added ingredients except perhaps antimicrobial agents and/or fluoride, and passing ...

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Drinking water , also known as potable water or improved drinking water , is water safe enough for drinking and food preparation . Globally, in 2012, 89% of people had access to water suitable for drinking. Nearly 4 billion had access to tap water while ...