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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sink for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a place or situation where something is absorbed, collected, or channeled, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The project became a sink for all the unresolved issues in the department, drawing attention away from more pressing matters."
Alternatives: "a receptacle for" or "a collection point for".
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I also held on to a sink for support.
It could be a sink for carbon dioxide.
Knak Jensen, S. J. et al. A sink for methane on Mars?
The receptors act as a "sink" for soaking up chemokines, thus providing the perfect decoy.
At the moment, the ocean is a sink for heat, so it's slowing down the warming.
Gum ghatti acts as a superadsorbent and a sink for charge carriers.
The cycling of Cl could provide either a source or a sink for O3, depending on NOX levels.
(iii) Each work area shall contain a sink for washing hands and a readily available eye wash facility.
There was a sink for washing glasses and an assortment of cartoon napkins illustrating the lighter side of alcoholism.
A young developing leaf before it is photosynthetic is a sink for sugars produced by older leaves.
Thawing permafrost could make the active layer more hospitable to plants, which are a sink for carbon.
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