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Recent Examples of earthiness
Poblanos bring a gentle roasted heat and a touch of earthiness, while the chorizo adds rich, spicy depth that melts into the custardy egg base.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
Complementary Flavors When using beets in your own recipes, consider the earthiness of the vegetable.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
Its salty, sour-sweet sharpness gives a classic Greek salad its signature taste; romaine, olives, cucumbers and red onions would be just another salad without feta’s tart earthiness.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
Mushrooms lend earthiness and veal stock adds something far more unattainable, like a warm memory that's been lost in your head forever.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Dec. 2025
My favorite, as a foraging enthusiast, is the Forager Crostini, which blends the earthiness of mushrooms with the saltiness of goat cheese and the sweet kiss of honey.
—Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Los Angeles designer Ryan White often enlists European-limewash craftsmen, such as ClayCraft, to supply that elevated earthiness.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
The actress draws on her earthiness to make Joy an underdog who’s very easy to love.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2025
The flavor was rich, yet still allowed the mild earthiness of the potatoes to shine through.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
Complementary Flavors When using beets in your own recipes, consider the earthiness of the vegetable.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
Its salty, sour-sweet sharpness gives a classic Greek salad its signature taste; romaine, olives, cucumbers and red onions would be just another salad without feta’s tart earthiness.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
Mushrooms lend earthiness and veal stock adds something far more unattainable, like a warm memory that's been lost in your head forever.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Dec. 2025
My favorite, as a foraging enthusiast, is the Forager Crostini, which blends the earthiness of mushrooms with the saltiness of goat cheese and the sweet kiss of honey.
—Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Los Angeles designer Ryan White often enlists European-limewash craftsmen, such as ClayCraft, to supply that elevated earthiness.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
The actress draws on her earthiness to make Joy an underdog who’s very easy to love.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2025
The flavor was rich, yet still allowed the mild earthiness of the potatoes to shine through.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthiness
Noun
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Changing the salinity or saltiness of water can come with negative impacts.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Creole seasoning adds peppery heat to keep this soup vibrant, along with apple cider vinegar which helps to balance the saltiness of the sausage and seasoning.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The other funnymen of the time—Milton Berle with his lewd suggestiveness, Jackie Gleason with his baleful roar—did the same shtick over and over.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The broadness of the sales tax also matters, Close said.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
25 Nov. 2025
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By the parable-like broadness of its belief that love is the only thing lucid enough to see through an Orwellian assault on reality.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite the heavy central theme of chronic illness, there’s a delicious bawdiness to Will There Ever Be Another You, a vulgar juvenilia evoking graffiti-tag genitals or the ding dong ditch scene from Billy Madison.—
Eric Olson
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is plenty of coarseness in American arenas totally unrelated to MAGA or Trumpism, of course.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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An alkaline compound, baking soda is a non-toxic cleaner with a coarseness that works wonders for scrubbing grime, removing difficult stains, and deodorizing stinky odors.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, its effectiveness in thoroughly cleaning depends on the degree of dirtiness.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Dec. 2025
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This dirtiness is the crux of the matter for Sherman.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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Everything else was affected by its gravitational pull and drawn into the work of dilating it further—even the firms rumored to be at the farthest remove from the crudity, even negative emissions technologies and the market on which their credits circulated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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But Shelly will still go on about the crudity of newer shows in town, insisting that Razzle Dazzle has an elegant French tone.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Earthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthiness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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