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Recent Examples of bone-dry
No chills, only thrills this Halloween as Phoenix is in for a warm, breezy and bone-dry holiday evening.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Stephen Freeland’s pumpkins are growing in 14 acres of bone-dry soil.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Allow the soil to go bone-dry before watering.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
The device doesn’t produce a huge amount of water from the bone-dry air — around two-thirds of a cup a day — but the ultimate aim is to supply a household with drinking water even in arid deserts, said Xuanhe Zhao, a mechanical engineering professor at MIT.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Stephen Freeland’s pumpkins are growing in 14 acres of bone-dry soil.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Allow the soil to go bone-dry before watering.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
The device doesn’t produce a huge amount of water from the bone-dry air — around two-thirds of a cup a day — but the ultimate aim is to supply a household with drinking water even in arid deserts, said Xuanhe Zhao, a mechanical engineering professor at MIT.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone-dry
Adjective
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This part of the state is mostly scrubland, alternately windswept and sunbaked.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Though only an hour north of Dallas, the area looks nothing like the city’s flat and sunbaked landscape.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Hydrating Body Bar Massage was another standout, which used the Kate McLeod Body Stone—a solid moisturizer—to soothe and rehydrate my parched winter skin.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Jan. 2026
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Winter is just days away, and our chronically parched hands are already taking a big hit from these dry, frigid temps.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
19 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The masks are made from hydrogel, which, Dixneuf says, is particularly well-suited for dehydrated, puffy, and tired eyes.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Mean annual precipitation in its hyperarid core is 0.004 inches.—
Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas,
New York Times,
10 May 2023
Adjective
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Use a clean towel to dry the cutting board and allow it to air-dry completely before putting it away.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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The best drying method to prevent shrinkage and fading is to air-dry the jeans on a clothesline or drying rack, as a dryer can damage the fibers in denim.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Already, 10 times more water evaporates off Arizona’s arid landscape and fitful rivers.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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This kind of energy-efficient, chemical-free extraction is particularly promising for both arid climates and urban settings where traditional AWGs underperform.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.—
Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive,
27 Nov. 2022
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Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.—
Camille Fine,
USA TODAY,
22 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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Host a Pottery or Clay Night Air-dry or oven-bake clay is beginner-friendly and perfect for a cozy craft night.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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Cloud streets—or horizontal convective rolls, as scientists call them—form when cold, dry air flows above warm surface water—in this case, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic waters near Florida.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone-dry. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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