Adjective This coffee is so hot it's not drinkable. technically, that cheap stuff may be wine, but it's hardly drinkableNoun the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables
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Parents have also expressed concerns during this heat wave about a lack of cool, drinkable water at schools.Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 Created by architect David Hertz, the machine uses biomass—like plants or wood—to make renewable energy and drinkable water. Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022 The complications have resulted in widespread shortages of drinkable water, low pressure or no service at all in some areas. David K. Li, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022 Who is helping Jackson residents access drinkable water? Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022 Now, Jackson residents are left with little drinkable water, or none at all, flowing through their pipes. Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 The water today isn't drinkable, but the city is looking at ways to salvage the 800,000 cubic meters of water that flows off as waste into the sea each year. Angela Dewan, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022 Gaza’s water is not drinkable with little chance of conversion into potable water. Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2022 The regional energy company had restored electricity with mega-generators, but Grand Isle’s water was still not drinkable.New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
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Also, these products may contain synthetic materials and chemical agents that can harm wildlife and strain the treatment process that helps make water drinkable.cleveland, 1 May 2020 The imperative to make seawater drinkable shows no sign of easing.Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2019 Some coastal areas are seeing water that was once drinkable become contaminated with saltwater from the sea. Julie Creswell, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2020 Getty Images Mead’s foundation in honey perpetuates the inaccurate perception that meads are too sweet and too thick, or only drinkable in the winter or around a fire. Shawndra Russell, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2019 Larson said lower-dose drinkables allow people to have more than one beverage in a sitting. Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2019 Yet edible, drinkable and smokable CBD products have flooded the market anyway, delivering big profits to some farmers and manufacturers and purportedly helping many consumers manage their health problems. Sophie Quinton, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019 Some have fewer calories, carbs and sugars than most drinkables and traditional beverages. Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2019 That week had been relatively dry, so the stream was only a milky white that chlorination at least made drinkable.National Geographic, 3 Jan. 2020 See More