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whitewater

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for whitewater.

Editorial note

A quick review of 200 spam messages found one false positive from a whitewater rafting company.

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Quick take

A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of whitewater gathered in one view.

noun

A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

noun

A tributary in Hampshire, England, which joins the River Blackwater on the border with Berkshire; in full, the River Whitewater.

noun

A U.S. political scandal in the 1990s.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for whitewater.

noun

A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

noun

A tributary in Hampshire, England, which joins the River Blackwater on the border with Berkshire; in full, the River Whitewater.

noun

A U.S. political scandal in the 1990s.

noun

Alternative spelling of white water. [Any turbulent, frothy water as found in river rapids or surf.]

Example sentences

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A quick review of 200 spam messages found one false positive from a whitewater rafting company.

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If distorted thinking told people to go whitewater rafting we wouldn't have 112 Americans dying by suicide each day.

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I'm lucky in that where I kayak there is reliable whitewater within 15 mins of my house.

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Chile is a superb destination for whitewater, I spent the start and end of the season kayaking in different areas.

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I was in it for the rafting / whitewater, but the travelling came bundled with it.

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Too bad people in their 20/30s don't recall the Whitewater scandal.

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She was a partner at the Rose Law Firm in Arkansas (which famously represented the Madison Guaranty Bank, that was involved with the Whitewater scandal).

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I used to be a whitewater rafting guide in the mountain west (Utah and vicinity).

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Disclaimer - I work for Riverbed, who used to have a lovely product called WhiteWater, subsequently renamed SteelStore and sold to NetApp.

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The Truckee River flows through a whitewater park in town.

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Having done whitewater kayaking for a long time I cannot stress this enough.

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The fear that, say, as a Cuban-American, your boss -- the person responsible for your professional development -- might make a whitewater rafting joke at your expense.

Quote examples

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Maybe use a high-volume whitewater kayak as the "basket".

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("Why don't you go whitewater rafting instead?" Etc) Why did so many men die from testicular cancer?

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We're talking multi-day (4-5 night) trips; camping on the river, boating 20 miles per day, enjoying the cold spray of whitewater, the adrenaline of just missing some big rock or skirting a huge "hole." On the trip, you literally cannot connect to the "normal" world; there are no cell phone towers that will reach you.

Proper noun examples

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Except there were real crimes committed in Whitewater, with 3 going to jail including a sitting governor.

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Whitewater rafting is also close by on the Cache La Poudre River, which exits the mountains ~10 miles NW of the city.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use whitewater in a sentence?

A quick review of 200 spam messages found one false positive from a whitewater rafting company.

What does whitewater mean?

A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

What part of speech is whitewater?

whitewater is commonly used as noun.