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Recent Examples of monsoon
That's weaker than the 92% estimate issued in April and would mark the poorest monsoon performance in 11 years.
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Sri Jegarajah,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 June 2026
These are paired with seasonal filters that let users toggle between winter, summer, monsoon season and fall to see how heat exposure shifts across the year.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
In the Southwest, meanwhile, El Niño can diminish the early summer monsoon season but bring unusually wet weather in the winter.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 1 June 2026
Outside, Kathmandu shifts with the monsoon.
—Vogue, 1 June 2026
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Sri Jegarajah,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 June 2026
These are paired with seasonal filters that let users toggle between winter, summer, monsoon season and fall to see how heat exposure shifts across the year.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
In the Southwest, meanwhile, El Niño can diminish the early summer monsoon season but bring unusually wet weather in the winter.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 1 June 2026
Outside, Kathmandu shifts with the monsoon.
—Vogue, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsoon
Noun
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Storms may start early in the afternoon and continue through the remainder of the evening into early Thursday, bringing with them threats of damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, heavy downpours and flooding.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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Adam Sandler’s Click in song form—was overly glacial, until Gud’s sporadic bursts of ticking hi-hats hit like a downpour in the middle of a heatwave.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
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But that's not an abnormality – Californian election officials are working through a deluge of mail-in ballots, a major slice of the vote in the state.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Suffocate them with an ample deluge of water and stir to ensure complete cooling.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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County officials said the money would be used to repair roads, fix storm damage, maintain bridges and manage roadside vegetation.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Both items are nice to have in Arizona, where AC units run hard through summer and monsoon storms can leave roofs in need of repair.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The whole experience tasted of the sea and the end of summer, punctuated by soft little cloudbursts on the palate.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Monsoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsoon. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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