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Recent Examples of dehydration
Rescued in the dead of night, all three were suffering from dehydration, starvation and nerve damage to their feet due to loss of circulation.
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Check the roots every few weeks for signs of dehydration.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
Over the past few months, Sam has had a string of serious health issues, which started with severe back pain and dehydration, then escalated into liver and kidney failure.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Staying hydrated is the most important part of care, since mouth sores can make swallowing painful and dehydration can develop quickly in young children.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Check the roots every few weeks for signs of dehydration.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
Over the past few months, Sam has had a string of serious health issues, which started with severe back pain and dehydration, then escalated into liver and kidney failure.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Staying hydrated is the most important part of care, since mouth sores can make swallowing painful and dehydration can develop quickly in young children.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dehydration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehydration
dryness
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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
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“Dehydration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehydration. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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