dryness
Example Sentences
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It saw a "combination of record-breaking dryness, exceptional warmth and unprecedented sunshine," she noted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The dryness as well as the heat has been particularly notable.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
It typically lasts up to a year, peaking around year-end, and tends to bring dryness and heat to much of Asia and wet weather to various places, including the Gulf Coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The model suggests that over the next 80 years, the Arctic could experience up to 25% more runoff, 30% more subsurface flow, and increasing dryness in southern areas.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026
Instead, I spent some two hours a day in the translation of fragments from Greek and Latin; the texts being chosen for their convolution, recondite meaning, dryness, and insipidity.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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