gley

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Noun
  • This clay molding process was known to preserve the form of soft animals in oxygen-poor areas, such as the muds at the bottom of lagoons and deep-sea trenches, Sereno says.
    Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Turbulence in Lake Nyos changes the color from clear blue to mud-brown or reddish from iron sediments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The set is available in 19 colors, including a rich clay shade ideal for autumn.
    Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The wafer-thin coating of clay remained long after the underlying tissues decayed completely, retaining their detailed morphology and forming a perfect clay mask.
    Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Derby County had done the same 24 hours earlier, leaving Norwich, Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday as the remaining clubs yet to triumph on home soil.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The primary sources of heavy metal contamination in the cow’s environment, said Akinleye, are feed, water and soil.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Since the April 2022 closing of the $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, investors have been dragged into the muck.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Gophers’ running game was stuck in the muck for weeks, but running back Darius Taylor got loose with 145 yards on 21 carries and his first rushing touchdown.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sitting beside the star, her son Gus was pictured squishing his hands into the sand and looking down.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Throughout the year, beachgoers enjoy its rocky coves and expansive sand, as well as the cliffs and headlands that preside over its shorelines.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Among seismic sports television changes during the past 50 years, the NBA’s new media rights deal, one that officially begins this week, isn’t quite as earth-shaking as CBS losing the NFL to Fox in 1994 or ABC losing Monday Night Football in 2005.
    Barry Jackson Updated October 21, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Similar to finding that planets do not orbit the earth, the search for economics anomalies requires searching for empirical facts that cannot (easily) be explained using the standard economic model where everyone chooses by optimizing and makes no systematic mistakes.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This clarifying clay mask pairs kaolin and bentonite clays with bamboo charcoal to draw out pore-clogging impurities and sweep away excess oil—without leaving your skin feeling parched.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Oily to combination skin types can rejoice—blurring pigments combine with oil-absorbing kaolin clay for a long-lasting mattifying effect.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sandy soil is more prone to hydrophobia than loam or clay.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But the conflict between Joe and Ted goes back further and is rooted in a deep loam of backstory that emerges bit by bit.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Gley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gley. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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