water pressure

noun

: a force that makes a flow of water strong or weak
high/low water pressure

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Pumps are needed to refill high-elevation tanks to maintain water pressure. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025 Families have been left without sufficient water pressure to flush toilets. Catherine Coleman Flowers, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025 But water demand quadrupled when the blazes broke out, and three 1-million tanks in the Pacific Palisades hills ran dry, causing water pressure to dry up in about 20% of the hydrants. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025 Firefighters didn't have enough water pressure to do their jobs?! Tracy Wright, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for water pressure 

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“Water pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20pressure. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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