: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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Decades of sewage discharge and industrial pollution followed, leaving much of the harbor unsafe.
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Logan Hall, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
If the water where they are harvested is contaminated with bacteria from sewage runoff, those pathogens can accumulate inside the oyster.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
In addition, the measure would allow the new revenue to be spent on Phase Two of the city’s Pure Water sewage-recycling project.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
To glance at it, the Kuyalnik Sanatorium, located near Odesa in southern Ukraine, could be a power station, military base or even a sewage treatment center.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
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Logan Hall, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
If the water where they are harvested is contaminated with bacteria from sewage runoff, those pathogens can accumulate inside the oyster.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
In addition, the measure would allow the new revenue to be spent on Phase Two of the city’s Pure Water sewage-recycling project.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
To glance at it, the Kuyalnik Sanatorium, located near Odesa in southern Ukraine, could be a power station, military base or even a sewage treatment center.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewage. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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sewage
noun
sew·age
ˈsü-ij 
: waste materials carried off by sewers
Medical Definition
sewage
noun
sew·age
ˈsü-ij
: refuse liquids or waste matter carried off by sewers
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