freeze-dry

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeze-dry
Verb
  • With that report and Giuffre’s posthumous memoir being published Tuesday, the scandal will not soon evaporate.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Bring to a boil and cook until liquid has evaporated, about 2 minutes.
    Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The new dam can dewater the lake if need be, engineers said.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
  • The Emory oaks that had been drying out as Resolution dewaters the underground shafts were reviving, their leaves fleshing out and appearing healthier as water seeped into the ground.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
Verb
  • The material is a durable 70-denier nylon taffeta that’s supremely soft, breathable, cooling, and quick-drying.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Recharge the balls by washing them in a mesh bag on a delicate cycle, then air-dry or run them through a drying cycle on high heat.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Alcohol Alcohol is drying and has dehydrating effects.
    Lauren O'Connor, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Midday is generally not recommended for cutting flowers because the higher temperatures and intense sunlight can cause the flowers to dehydrate and wilt quickly.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The authors argue that those features, the intact, hyper-flexed skeletons and the absence of the disarticulation expected after ordinary decay, indicate bodies had been desiccated before burial rather than interred as fresh cadavers.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Any cell drifting in the skies is blasted with UV rays and desiccated.
    Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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