acid rain
noun
: rain that has increased acidity caused by environmental factors (such as atmospheric pollutants)
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trees damaged by acid rain
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Patinas form naturally on copper and bronze when those materials are exposed to the elements, to atmospheric conditions like New York's weather and acid rain.
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Your authors grew up in a time when school-children learned about the problems of an ozone hole, acid rain, and depleted tungsten supplies, not carbon emissions.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
At the same time, acid rain, formed from sulfur and nitrogen oxides from coal and gasoline, acted like chemical shovels, freeing more metals naturally held in the bedrock and forest soils.
—Aubrey Hillman, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025
And countries have solved other global environmental problems, such as the ozone hole and acid rain, through international agreements.
—Nils Kupzok, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Your authors grew up in a time when school-children learned about the problems of an ozone hole, acid rain, and depleted tungsten supplies, not carbon emissions.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
At the same time, acid rain, formed from sulfur and nitrogen oxides from coal and gasoline, acted like chemical shovels, freeing more metals naturally held in the bedrock and forest soils.
—Aubrey Hillman, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025
And countries have solved other global environmental problems, such as the ozone hole and acid rain, through international agreements.
—Nils Kupzok, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for acid rain
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“Acid rain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acid%20rain. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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