aridity
Example Sentences
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But it isn’t just the heat—it’s the aridity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Officials have long warned that continued climate change could whipsaw California between precipitation extremes, with the state trending toward aridity, interspersed with exceptionally wet years.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Dating to between 12,800 and 11,400 years ago, the engravings correspond to a time when temporary lakes and rivers reappeared after centuries of extreme aridity.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2025
The desert's extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on Earth to view the night sky and is famous for being home to the largest radio telescope in the world.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025
From the upper plains, the heat and aridity radiated across the country.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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