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watermark

waw ter mork

  • n  a line marking the level reached by a body of water
  • n  a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light

  • The watermark in the Great Lakes depends on the weather.
  • Everyone's attention turns to a tiny two-storied house where a few weeks ago a black watermark, allegedly resembling the head of Jesus, appeared.
  • First, though, he runs a pager-sized black-light reader over the currency tendered by the customer, to check for the watermark that guarantees authenticity.
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  • Byron Dorgan in guardian.co.uk
    Byron Dorgan, a Democratic senator, said: "I think we've finally reached a new watermark on this issue. At some point this is a policy that is no longer justifiable."
  • Patrick Fitzgerald in USA Today
    US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald called Ryan's actions "a low watermark of public service."
  • Kenneth Clarke in guardian.co.uk
    Clarke said: "It's not inevitable that we're going to win but I do think that Brown cannot win a majority - it's probably his high watermark right now, he's finished and they can't change. So Labour can't win but a hung parliament is not at all...

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