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Recent Examples of precipitation Saturday will be cloudy with a high of 66 and a 60% chance of precipitation. Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025 In North Texas, precipitation is expected throughout the day with chances of heavy rainfall. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025 Chances of precipitation increase to 90% in the evening with a chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8 p.m. Temperatures will reach a low of 57 and new rainfall amounts of between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Oct. 2025 That lack of precipitation, combined with record high winds, contributed to the parched conditions that allowed the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires to explode out of control in Los Angeles in early January, killing 31 people and destroying 16,000 homes and other buildings. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for precipitation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precipitation
hustle
Noun
  • González earned 23 minutes with his hustle.
    Jay King, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Less than a decade later, his hustle had paid off.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Precipitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precipitation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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