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dust bowl

noun

Definition of dust bowlnext
as in desert

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Recent Examples of dust bowl Middle Grade authors are doing everything from talking dogs to neurodivergent narrators in verse to dragon flights to dust bowl family sagas to elite private schools and everything in between. — American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025 As a result, much of Maui's west side became a dry dust bowl susceptible to wildfires. — John Wogan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024 Well, that was because of all the people that came from the dust bowl out to California to work in the aeronautics industry. — New Atlas, 10 July 2024 Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind. — Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for dust bowl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dust bowl
  1. desert
  2. no-man's-land
  3. open air
  4. wasteland
  5. wilderness
  6. wild
Noun
  • Like a mirage in the desert, the 45-room Ion Adventure Hotel seems to materialize out of thin air.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • New York definitely has its own share of Black hair-care deserts, but most salons would attempt to do my hair.
    — Rachel Cook Northway, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of desert
Noun
  • When this happens, their planet goes back and forth between being a searing, endless stretch of desert or frozen no-man's-land.
    — JP Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Abandoned by King Hassan II for its association with the Rif mountain revolts after Moroccan independence, in 1956, Tangier became a dilapidated drive-through, a no-man's-land for another 50 years.
    — Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
Definition of no-man's-land
Noun
  • Lastly, Conley floated the possibility of an open air market — essentially a covered community space that can be used for a variety of public activities, like farmers markets and festivals.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The hydrotherapy is partly open air, which allows the natural soundtrack of the resort’s luscious 44-acre grounds to carry through the air and drenched in natural sunlight.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of open air
Noun
  • The region had a reputation as mostly a dreary post-industrial wasteland peppered with factories that had started being abandoned after the Flood of 1955.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The book imagines a dystopian American wasteland where pregnant women are surveilled and controlled.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of wasteland
Noun
  • Additionally the company employs an all-local team of chefs, wilderness guides, and property managers—a commitment that helps address the region’s rural migration crisis, as young people leave their villages to find work in more urban areas.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Jason, Leo, and Piper are kids at the wilderness school, a camp for troubled kids.
    — Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of wilderness
Noun
  • But recent discoveries of the pests in the island nation’s wilds have made locals wary.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Hall of Famer Greg Maddux threw wild on the ceremonial first pitch with more than 20 members of the Cubs' 150th anniversary team in attendance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of wild

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