as in waterproof
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Recent Examples of water-resistant
This sleek pick from heritage brand Longchamp is water-resistant, has a phone pocket, and folds up flat when not in use.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2025
This beauty features a 1.26-inch monochrome ePaper display housed in a water-resistant polycarbonate frame (choose between black or white).
—New Atlas, 19 Mar. 2025
The watch can be worn while swimming and is water-resistant to 100 meters.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
Plus, the water-resistant nylon is easy to wipe clean in the event that a shampoo bottle spills.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2025
This beauty features a 1.26-inch monochrome ePaper display housed in a water-resistant polycarbonate frame (choose between black or white).
—New Atlas, 19 Mar. 2025
The watch can be worn while swimming and is water-resistant to 100 meters.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
Plus, the water-resistant nylon is easy to wipe clean in the event that a shampoo bottle spills.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for water-resistant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for water-resistant
Adjective
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Water damage in our personal tech is a universal frustration and this on-sale waterproof pouch is cheap insurance.—
Carin Ryan,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Mar. 2025
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The fully waterproof and dustproof cylinder houses dual front-facing woofers and tweeters for loud, bass-forward stereo sound.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PCMAG,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Des Cars wrote that parts of the museum are no longer watertight, posing a risk to the art’s safety.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
28 Jan. 2025
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The pants are also water-repellent, which helped on misty morning hikes in the mountains, and have built-in UPF 50+ that protected me from the sun when exposed in the savannah in the late afternoons.—
Susan Brickell,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Even Coat in Clay is made from waxed cotton, providing water-repellent and wind resistant properties without the use of synthetic materials.—
Romany Williams,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Water-resistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water-resistant. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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