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The soap acts as a desiccant to dry out the moss.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
To coax evaporated water from the air by the gallons, engineers condense water using vapor-compression refrigeration — essentially, the cold-drink condensation method — or deploy sorbent materials to suck up the air’s water, what’s at the core fancier versions of silica gel desiccants.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Anti-desiccants eventually wear off with rain and snow.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
Some gardeners add a desiccant with the seed packets to reduce moisture levels.
—Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
To coax evaporated water from the air by the gallons, engineers condense water using vapor-compression refrigeration — essentially, the cold-drink condensation method — or deploy sorbent materials to suck up the air’s water, what’s at the core fancier versions of silica gel desiccants.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Anti-desiccants eventually wear off with rain and snow.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
Some gardeners add a desiccant with the seed packets to reduce moisture levels.
—Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Desiccant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desiccant. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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desiccant
1 of 2 adjective
des·ic·cant
ˈdes-i-kənt 
: tending to dry or desiccate
desiccant
2 of 2 noun
: a drying agent (as calcium chloride)
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