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as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
an arid speech about duty and responsibility
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as in dry
marked by little or no precipitation or humidity
arid wastelands unfit for human habitation
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Recent Examples of arid
Well, the scientists believe that as monitor lizards spread into new environments, particularly arid regions of Australia, osteoderms may have been reselected for different reasons – such as reducing water loss or reinforcing body parts for defense or climbing.
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New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
And unlike Sophocles’s plays, in which the deities are persistently invoked, Cicellis’s universe is spiritually arid.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
Later, a pair of slugs that help the seed cross an arid landscape, like camels in the desert, glisten vividly.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
And there are whole swaths of the country where voting will not take place, as the junta continues to battle a patchwork of ethnic rebels and pro-democracy fighters in the hilly borderlands and arid central plains.
—Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
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New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
And unlike Sophocles’s plays, in which the deities are persistently invoked, Cicellis’s universe is spiritually arid.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
Later, a pair of slugs that help the seed cross an arid landscape, like camels in the desert, glisten vividly.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
And there are whole swaths of the country where voting will not take place, as the junta continues to battle a patchwork of ethnic rebels and pro-democracy fighters in the hilly borderlands and arid central plains.
—Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arid
Adjective
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Some skyscrapers are quite uniform and rather boring.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Writing that’s as boring as your dullest relative was likely written by a chatbot that can’t see, hear, taste, smell, touch — or feel.—
Karen Stabiner,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The classic styles run from Sercial, the driest and most bracing, through Verdelho, which sits in the medium-dry range, to Boal (or Bual) for medium-sweet wines, and Malvasia (often labeled Malmsey) at the richest end of the spectrum.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Despite all of the clouds, most of Saturday should be dry for traveling.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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When Jensen was tiring of running her own business, her little brother did her the same favor of helping her land a job with the cannabis dispensary From The Earth at their Brookside location, where she was quickly hired and loved by her coworkers.—
PJ Green
January 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Although Richardson has only appeared in 25 of the 36 contests so far in his rookie campaign, the near first-half of his first year as a professional has been tiring for the 20-year-old who’s continued to adjust to his new life in Orlando.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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People are thirsty for that kind of authenticity, and to re-evaluate what the American story really is.—
Cat Cardenas,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Finally, hyaluronic acid lessens the appearance of fine lines—which are more prominent when skin is thirsty.—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
21 Jan. 2026
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The hotel’s contemporary concrete architecture acts as a bracing-yet-beautiful contrast to the dusty rock plateaus, while many of its minimalist guest rooms come with private plunge pools that look out to the horizon.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2026
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Windowsills get dusty really fast when dry air causes static electricity in your home.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Commission, the EU’s executive arm, has decided that the pace of EV sales is far too slow and has proposed a new category of small and seriously affordable cars.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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States and cities that have loosened building constraints are already seeing slower rent growth compared to heavily regulated markets.—
J.D. Hayworth,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Elsewhere in California, a mandatory wood-burning ban is in force for the South Coast Air Basin—which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties—until midnight on Saturday.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2025
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The program includes guided indoor cardio workouts, various levels of drills and interval training, and running trails through the surrounding semi-desert wilderness that range from three to nine miles.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Thirty years of closure didn’t slow down progress Despite more than half a century of entertainment, the State Theatre closed in 1990 as other movie theaters started popping up and the mechanics of the building became weary.—
Angela George,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
23 Jan. 2026
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Every imaginable class is on offer at the state-of-the-art fitness center and movement studios and weary muscles can be revived by hitting the Springhouse Circuit, which includes a salt room, cedar sauna, hyperbaric oxygen chamber, tepidarium, and cold plunge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Arid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arid. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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