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adobe

[uh-doh-bee] / əˈdoʊ bi /
NOUN
sun-dried brick
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Instead they encountered Hawikku, an adobe pueblo in what is now western New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

He’s even selfishly hoarded toilet paper in his fancy adobe estate.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2025

Eventually, however, the lush commons became something like adobe hills.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2025

On Monday, Bagnard emailed to say it looked like her family would be moving forward with adobe after all.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2025

On one side of the gulch was a fine old adobe and on the other the house of the doctor who handled all the sickness, birth, and death in the town.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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