as in humidity
the amount of water suspended in the air in tiny droplets
dew is really just moisture from the air that condenses and collects when the temperature drops at night
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Recent Examples of moisture
Rain chances will remain elevated as more moisture pushes into the region.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sundays’ LiveLife Performance Fabric is advertised to be stain-resistant, moisture-repellant, washable, and non-toxic.
—Emily Hein, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Soil moisture also plays a role in leaf color, Crick wrote.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Drought conditions such as high heat and less rain fall deprive leaves of the moisture needed to produce chlorophyll that keeps them green.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 2 Sep. 2025
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sundays’ LiveLife Performance Fabric is advertised to be stain-resistant, moisture-repellant, washable, and non-toxic.
—Emily Hein, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Soil moisture also plays a role in leaf color, Crick wrote.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Drought conditions such as high heat and less rain fall deprive leaves of the moisture needed to produce chlorophyll that keeps them green.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moisture
humidity
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Poor to moderate overnight humidity recovery can be expected.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The humidity level hovered at 17%.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Moisture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moisture. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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