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Recent Examples of monsoon
Its courtyard serves as a natural collection area for rainwater, with the curved, perforated wall directing monsoon rains into a captivating flow.
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New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
The region has a tropical monsoon climate with a dry and wet season.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
Temperatures in Greenland rose by up to 20° Fahrenheit over just a couple of decades, leading to the failure of monsoons in Central Asia and crippling drought in central Africa.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
The devices cannot function during the cloudy monsoon season, can only process a few bodies at a time, and their intense heat tends to drive away smaller scavengers like crows.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
The region has a tropical monsoon climate with a dry and wet season.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
Temperatures in Greenland rose by up to 20° Fahrenheit over just a couple of decades, leading to the failure of monsoons in Central Asia and crippling drought in central Africa.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
The devices cannot function during the cloudy monsoon season, can only process a few bodies at a time, and their intense heat tends to drive away smaller scavengers like crows.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsoon
Noun
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Despite recent downpours, just under two-thirds of the state is abnormally dry, and more than a third is in severe to exceptional drought, according to the National Drought Information Service.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
14 May 2025
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Forecasters expect anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of rain in the region due to Monday’s downpour.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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Nashville’s scoring deluge was led by Sam Surridge, a striker who signed in the summer of 2023 after stints with several clubs including Premier League sides AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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But a deluge of people applying Ghibli’s style like an Instagram filter, without adding any genuine creative value, isn’t a collective effort to advance our visual culture.—
Alex Reisner,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2025
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An intelligent outbound messaging feature allows proactive communication during events like storms or routine billing cycles.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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And with rising temperatures come rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across North America, increasing drought in the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2024
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And with the climate’s rising temperature comes rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across the continent, increasing drought on the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2024
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“Monsoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsoon. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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