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Recent Examples of loamCarrots need a loose loam or sandy soil and plenty of moisture.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025 Plants thrive in fertile, slightly acidic loam or sand loam.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025 Loam The word loam is used to describe soils with a good mixture of sand, silt, and clay, as well as organic matter.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024 Then a month later, Hurricane Hanna hit South Texas and deep gashes appeared in the sandy loam under the wall.—Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for loam
Last month, archaeologists were able to start excavating and securing the site, which is located on a low beach embankment and protected only by a thin layer of topsoil.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
Green harvesting spares the air, preserves topsoil, and provides leafy residue to turn into byproducts and mulch, thereby creating new sources of revenue and jobs.
The transition from clay to grass has proven tough for most players, and the last woman to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same season was Serena Williams a decade ago.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
In the 1960s, geologist Walter Alvarez discovered a thin layer of black clay in rocks around the world.
San Clemente, like most Southern California coastal cities, needs more sand to restore its eroding beaches.
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Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
The waterproof mesh material resists water and allows sand to fall through, keeping the interior clean.
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Jené Luciani Sena
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