Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dust bowls
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The kingdom last month raised production rebates to as much as 60% — among the most generous in the world — to attract filmmakers to its coastlines, deserts, mountains, and rapidly transforming cities.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026 -
Whilst some of the winners photographed high alpine peaks and arid deserts, others focused on scenes of daily life.—
Sam Peters,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Now, the anti-wealth Marxist agenda taking over the Democratic Party is worsening the divide, turning blue-state economies into wastelands and condemning their least mobile residents to poverty.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Thirty minutes south, on the Tennessee side of the border, Elon Musk has already begun transforming the industrial wastelands of South Memphis.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
1 Jan. 2026
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Depending on soil temperature and moisture, the number of microorganisms in the soil, and the carbon content of the wastes, decomposition will occur in one month to one year to feed plant root systems.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
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This damage impairs kidney function, preventing the proper production of urine and the elimination of metabolic wastes.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
Noun
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In its place urchin barrens now carpet the seafloor; a spiny, silent landscape stripped of life.—
Tatjana Baleta,
Time,
28 May 2026
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The forests are marked by sparse conifer stands, woodlands, herbaceous vegetation, and unvegetated barrens that dominate the transition to Arctic tundra.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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To prevent unnecessary scratches, don't use steel wool, wire brushes, or chain mail scrubbers on your stainless steel.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 May 2026
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The brand’s launch included complexion and lip products, as well as brushes.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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