as in dry
marked by little or no precipitation or humidity
a droughty region that could never support settlements
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Adjective
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Friday starts out warm and dry, possibly some early sunshine, and a chance to hit 60, depending on when showers arrive.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026 -
The video, narrated with dry sarcasm and visible exhaustion, quickly went viral.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The administration would paint Maduro as a blood-thirsty drug dealer.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Oh, and the company just so happens to have its own water services business for oil and gas that can translate to help for thirsty data centers as well.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Although this method works particularly well in semi-arid environments, such as the Canadian Badlands.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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During the era of the late Cretaceous, the land that now sits in modern-day Egypt was far from an arid desert.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Droughty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droughty. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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