aridity

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Recent Examples of aridity The intense sun, heat and aridity sucks the moisture out of everything — skin, leaves, soil, etc. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 The researchers re-ran the analysis, looking only at high-income countries, and found that while there was less overall resistance in hospitals, resistance levels were still strongly correlated with aridity. Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026 Locals refer to East River and West River, and the wetness and moisture of the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin—its thick canopy of trees, its suppleness—cedes to an aridity and expansiveness that bears its own harsh beauty. Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025 The salt-spray air, the haunting aridity, the greens and reds of prickly-pear cacti—all of this had sparked many new ideas, the chef told me. Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025 Temperatures and aridity are increasing and precipitation isn’t rising to match it, so the landscape is getting drier. John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025 And for some reason, humans end up out on the edge, where all of this aridity is happening. Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025 Methodology This list draws on desert area estimates from the World Atlas of Desertification, published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in collaboration with UNEP, which provides global definitions of desert types and aridity zones. Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aridity
Noun
  • The analysis also reveals much of the region also saw the widespread dryness observed in May and June persist and intensify, with exceptionally low rainfall reported in France, Spain, parts of Germany.
    Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Trees lose moisture over extended periods of exceptional heat and dryness, becoming progressively more combustible.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The hiker, who was suffering from severe dehydration and heat exhaustion, was far up the mountain, a social media post from the Pulaski County Government says.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2026
  • They were released after they were treated at medical facilities for scrapes, cuts, dehydration and exhaustion over the weekend, State Police Lt.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Aridity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aridity. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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