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Recent Examples of alluvium
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024
The tusk was covered with alluvium, possibly during a major flooding event, MDEQ said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
These waters carried debris called alluvium, that makes up the Delta's fertile soil.
—Richard Mason, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021
Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020
Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024
The tusk was covered with alluvium, possibly during a major flooding event, MDEQ said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
These waters carried debris called alluvium, that makes up the Delta's fertile soil.
—Richard Mason, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021
Scott traces their advent to a few hundred years later, in a constellation of cities that sprang up on the Mesopotamian alluvium around what was then the northern end of the Persian Gulf.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alluvium
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Less than a mile away, the corps is planning to deepen and widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades, blasting through the reef line and dredging up sediment that could smother acres of surrounding coral, according to federal scientists.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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However, Little Foot’s skull, which became crushed as surrounding cave sediment grew heavier and shifted over time, has been difficult to study.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In 2023, a 20-year-old man from Illinois died after getting trapped in quicksand-like silt in Alaska.—
Outside,
Outside,
5 Mar. 2026
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The sun sank back into the clouds, like a white stone falling through silt.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Officials said the feature continued downward into the loess beneath the prehistoric site.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Many fatalities were linked to the collapse of yaodongs—homes carved into loess hillsides.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mazzei explains that Il Caggio features a combination of factors ideal for Sangiovese, including altitudes between 1,050 and 1,150 feet, which ensure balanced ripening, and deep and well-drained clay, schist, and calcareous marl soils dotted with a type of sandstone that imparts intense minerality.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
14 Dec. 2025
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In Friuli Venezia Giulia, the soils are rich in marl and sandstone, locally referred to as ponca.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Many of us expected a great contextualizing flood of plays and films about isolation and lockdowns and Zooms and the other detritus of the era.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Mattresses and questionably clean bedding were dredged up, dusty couches cleared of detritus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hellebores are easy to grow in a range of soils, from clay to dry, rocky substrates, and tolerate heavy shade.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Set in a landscape stained by red clay and bad blood, villainy is commonplace.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Alluvium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alluvium. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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