waterless

Example Sentences

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On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Since then, he’s been drywashing, a waterless process that uses air to separate heavy materials, such as gold, from the lighter dirt and sediment.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Alchemie is not the only company attempting a nearly waterless dye process.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

How will we store more water, protect coast lines and ports, manage an influx of climate refugees fleeing the waterless and burning Southern states, and prepare for any number of calamitous conditions?

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2022

I imagine, considering the horrific state of our toilet, even with Kelton’s waterless fix, Garrett has been holding it in rather than dealing with it.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman