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Recent Examples of earthiness
The flavor was rich, yet still allowed the mild earthiness of the potatoes to shine through.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
Fresh spinach is brighter in flavor and color, and has a subtle earthiness and faint sweetness.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Some of that earnest earthiness comes through in how Safdie interacts with the moviegoing public.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Black cherries exploded with Toro’s wild earthiness—powerful yet poised and opulent.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In the heart, the aged oud takes place alongside licorice and patchouli, adding both spice and earthiness while allowing the wood’s creamy roundness to shine.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
Fresh spinach is brighter in flavor and color, and has a subtle earthiness and faint sweetness.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Some of that earnest earthiness comes through in how Safdie interacts with the moviegoing public.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Black cherries exploded with Toro’s wild earthiness—powerful yet poised and opulent.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In the heart, the aged oud takes place alongside licorice and patchouli, adding both spice and earthiness while allowing the wood’s creamy roundness to shine.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthiness
Noun
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Our family loves the crispy, saltiness of the Uncured Bacon & Gouda option, but the Sous Vide Egg Bites are also available in an Egg White with Cheese Trio & Roasted Red Pepper variation (11g protein per serving).—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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Soy sauce adds saltiness and umami goodness to the sauce.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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What Happens Next The conversation surrounding Kirk's killing, political violence and the broadness of free speech remains ongoing as lawmakers, government officials, the media and the general public continue to discuss last week's events and possible future consequences.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Although Günther Groissböck cleaned up better than the usual Ochs, his portrayal lacked nothing for crudity.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
30 Mar. 2023
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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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Songs marked explicit mean their lyrics include swear words or other vulgarities.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The presence of these planes flying close to our Caribbean Sea is a vulgarity, a provocation, a threat to the security of the nation.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Over-Nite Sensation is a triumph: a concentrated digest from perhaps the most popular stretch of his career, and a freeze-frame of his compositional flowering and ingenious lyrical ribaldry.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
The Atlantic,
27 Nov. 2023
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Finding liberty in punk artistry, Dury updated the tradition of British music-hall ribaldry and rude folk humor.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Aug. 2022
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“Earthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthiness. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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