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also drouths
as in shortages
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 droughts
And as the years are passing, climate change is getting worse, and the droughts are getting worse, and the fires are getting worse, and the ability for beaver wetlands to resist that was not changing.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
Gavin Brindley and Cale Makar both snapped goal-scoring droughts and the Avs grinded out a 3-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
The foresight was lauded locally and, more recently, nationally as droughts increasingly diminished water supplies throughout the West.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Between 1980 and 2024, Wisconsin was hit with 63 weather and climate disaster events – flooding, droughts, extreme heat – which subsequently cost the state more than $1 billion in losses, the report found.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Defensemen Trevor van Riemsdyk and Rasmus Sandin ended long goal droughts and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 on Wednesday night, their fifth win in their last six games.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Idaho’s warm winter weather has brought on one of the most severe snow droughts in state history.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Soaring temperatures brought by climate change has also exacerbated droughts across the US, forcing rural towns to drain their aquifers, a process that also causes the ground above to sink over time.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 Feb. 2026
Nothing else any government has ever proposed to do would add as much fuel to global warming and to the increasingly destructive heat waves, hurricanes, droughts, crop failures, wildfires and floods that are among its most obvious immediate effects.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
Gavin Brindley and Cale Makar both snapped goal-scoring droughts and the Avs grinded out a 3-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
The foresight was lauded locally and, more recently, nationally as droughts increasingly diminished water supplies throughout the West.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Between 1980 and 2024, Wisconsin was hit with 63 weather and climate disaster events – flooding, droughts, extreme heat – which subsequently cost the state more than $1 billion in losses, the report found.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Defensemen Trevor van Riemsdyk and Rasmus Sandin ended long goal droughts and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 on Wednesday night, their fifth win in their last six games.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Idaho’s warm winter weather has brought on one of the most severe snow droughts in state history.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Soaring temperatures brought by climate change has also exacerbated droughts across the US, forcing rural towns to drain their aquifers, a process that also causes the ground above to sink over time.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 Feb. 2026
Nothing else any government has ever proposed to do would add as much fuel to global warming and to the increasingly destructive heat waves, hurricanes, droughts, crop failures, wildfires and floods that are among its most obvious immediate effects.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droughts
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Long lines at gas stations across the capital suggested fears of possible fuel shortages or plans by many to leave the city.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Oracle, which is building out data centers for OpenAI, had to shift construction completion dates from 2027 to 2028 owing in part to labor shortages, according to Bloomberg.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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As of Wednesday, firearms dealers are required under state law to use scanners that pull the prospective purchaser’s name, date of birth and other details from the card’s magnetic strip, which the new design lacks — except if they are authorized otherwise.—
Madison Smalstig,
Sacbee.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Each provides amino acids that the other lacks, so eating them together gives you all the essential amino acids.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Droughts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droughts. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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