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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

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

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

What residents who want to rebuild with materials like adobe are left with is, largely, confusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

Hackman was a lover of the arts and a painter himself, so he fit in well: Santa Fe is known for its iconic adobe architecture and is home to more than 250 galleries.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

To the red tile roofs and the rough adobe walls of both his childhood and mine.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez




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