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earthy

[ur-thee] / ˈɜr θi /


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These days, wellness products that used to be branded in spiritual and soft, earthy, non-Western ways during the Goop era are now promoted by men in tight black T-shirts talking about optimization and hard science.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

So a new earthy yellow hue was mixed and dubbed “Lauenstein Yellow.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

For an earthy, curry-inspired bowl of soup, sprinkle in a pinch of cumin and coriander or add in a few drops of toasted sesame oil.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

I know a sommelier ready to pour some earthy organic reds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

He knew it had happened, because he heard slight movements around him that suggested frail bodies shifting their footing on the earthy, twig-strewn ground that marked the outer edge of the forest.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Fans of her earthier material won't be disappointed, though.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Kombuchas made from black tea and pu-erh, meanwhile, displayed richer, earthier aromas with more pronounced fermentation characteristics.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

But for those of us with slightly earthier tastes, she remains the indelible Barbara Kean of the bygone, Batman-adjacent “Gotham.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

Black beans bring a deeper, earthier tone; pintos are soft and nutty, more traditional.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2025

The house is less tidy than it was a week ago, the disinfectant smell displaced by something earthier.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Where it runs into some turbulence — and despite the best efforts of everyone involved in director Eric Schaeffer’s accomplished production, it eventually does — is in its earthiest realm.

From Washington Post

On and on John babbles in some of the earthiest colloquialisms ever to come out of Goldwater country.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the high-resolution satellite images that became commercially available last year will move the earthiest of endeavors into cyberspace.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is in Waverly that Humphrey is at his earthiest.

From Time Magazine Archive

But I stayed where I was, the earthiest worldling in a dress of unworldliness.

From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Helen Mason Groce




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