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also drouth
as in shortage
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
there's been a drought of good movies this year
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Recent Examples of drought
Herdade de Rio Frio’s cork oaks, which are native to Portugal and can resist frequent droughts and scorching summer temperatures, were planted more than a century ago.
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Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Only a year earlier, that same place would have been dry land, exposed by drought before the sudden wet years of 2023 and 2024 briefly covered it again.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
But relief has been scant in a country largely ignored by the world since the Taliban takeover in 2021, that is struggling to accommodate millions of Afghans expelled from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, as well drought victims in its north.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
That’s one nomination, one win, and a long drought since.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Only a year earlier, that same place would have been dry land, exposed by drought before the sudden wet years of 2023 and 2024 briefly covered it again.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
But relief has been scant in a country largely ignored by the world since the Taliban takeover in 2021, that is struggling to accommodate millions of Afghans expelled from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, as well drought victims in its north.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
That’s one nomination, one win, and a long drought since.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drought
Noun
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But 2025 marks the highest number of staffing shortages since 2018.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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This is driven by a shortage of primary care doctors and patients’ desire for more personalized care, Harrell said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
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And the noticeable dips also don’t come for the generations of players who would be expecting to play their peak years for England during wartime either — note the lack of games in the 1940s in the earlier graph.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The lack of winning has been exactly the problem during the Chuba years at Carolina.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Drought.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drought. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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