as in dryness
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Recent Examples of aridity
Temperatures and aridity are increasing and precipitation isn’t rising to match it, so the landscape is getting drier.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aridity
Noun
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But some amount of wind and dryness is necessary to keep the burn going.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Lufthansa also commissioned a study conducted by Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, which found the combination of dryness and low pressure also reduces the sensitivity of taste buds for both sweet and salty by 30 percent.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Rescued in the dead of night, all three were suffering from dehydration, starvation and nerve damage to their feet due to loss of circulation.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Check the roots every few weeks for signs of dehydration.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Aridity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aridity. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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