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What does runoff mean?

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Noun
  1. That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
  2. Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
  3. A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated,
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Water abstraction, agricultural runoff, climate change, and pollution from sewage treatment plants have all been blamed.
We should push states to require majority winners through instant runoff voting.
Californians face waterborne illnesses lurking in the surf from urban runoff, and towns have lost their drinking water due to contamination.
The lake largely dried up in droughts or in warm summers, refilling from the runoff of melting show.
Heavy rain and king tides meant many beaches were contaminated with wastewater runoff.
But there's some typical things you might expect with runoff areas and whatnot.

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