desert
Example Sentences
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It raised the height of a dam to double its storage, built the desalination plant and acquired rights to a trove of conserved Colorado River water from a desert farming district.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
By Jan. 26, Bovino had been demoted and sent back to his home station in the California desert.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Her focus is the West Valley, which has emerged as a premier destination for AI data center development—and where she has become the go-to developer and global capital partners staking their claim in the desert.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
If you’re a desert festivalgoer in Indio, you go to the Bunker.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
I could not believe Samir would ever consider a refund, even if he was surrounded by masked desert raiders.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing desert
Physical Geography - Introductory
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The American Civil War
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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