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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
Heat waves are lasting longer, rain comes in floods sandwiched between droughts, and new pests are suddenly abundant and chomping on what were your garden’s most trouble-free plants.
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Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
Miami is experiencing one of the biggest droughts of funding and resources for film and television professionals.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
The warming temperatures have been linked to greater rain in hurricanes, longer droughts and more extreme rainfall events around the globe.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The scientists used a large number of climate models to assess the timing and likelihood of day-zero droughts.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
California salmon have survived droughts for millennia.
—Scott Artis, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Notable droughts have occurred in 1904, 1930-31, 1941, 1954, 1966, and 1988.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Our meteorological services now use advanced forecasting to give communities precious time to prepare for extreme weather events such as storms and droughts.
—Feleti Penitala Teo, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Higher temperatures and erratic rainfall cause droughts that reduce soil moisture, which often leads to shorter growing seasons.
—Eduardo Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
Miami is experiencing one of the biggest droughts of funding and resources for film and television professionals.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
The warming temperatures have been linked to greater rain in hurricanes, longer droughts and more extreme rainfall events around the globe.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The scientists used a large number of climate models to assess the timing and likelihood of day-zero droughts.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
California salmon have survived droughts for millennia.
—Scott Artis, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Notable droughts have occurred in 1904, 1930-31, 1941, 1954, 1966, and 1988.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Our meteorological services now use advanced forecasting to give communities precious time to prepare for extreme weather events such as storms and droughts.
—Feleti Penitala Teo, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Higher temperatures and erratic rainfall cause droughts that reduce soil moisture, which often leads to shorter growing seasons.
—Eduardo Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droughts
Noun
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Additionally, the report found that 47% of companies looked to automating or implementing new technologies to address worker shortages, a five percentage point increase from 2024.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Management later confirmed the closures, citing power and gas shortages, as well as insufficient purchase orders.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This absence — of God, of love, of plain community spirit — is a metaphor for the whole parish, where everyone is defined by their own lacks and deficiencies, the weaknesses that cause Wicks to despise them and vow to bring down them all.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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But Davies’s film has a patience and lightness of touch that Scorsese’s lacks, as well as a note-perfect lead in Gillian Anderson.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Droughts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droughts. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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