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Recent Examples of barrenness
Instead, Bevza felt a pressing need to remedy the barrenness of the Ukrainian fashion scene at the time.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
Self-awareness and community are marvelous antidotes to the barrenness of conformity.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
Self-awareness and community are marvelous antidotes to the barrenness of conformity.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrenness
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Banishing all of that bleakness, Hurts rolled right on third-and-goal and fit a 15-yard touchdown pass to a leaping Dallas Goedert between a layer of multiple defenders.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
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The long-view shtick works for a while, but the bleakness gets exhausting.—
Sam Lipsyte,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
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After nearly 80 years, hope for answers to the infamous 1947 Black Dahlia murder had faded into nothingness.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Her personality has eroded into smooth, agreeable nothingness.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Barrenness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrenness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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