as in thunderstorm
a storm with a large amount of falling snow
An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl.
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Recent Examples of snowstorm
One wintry day his job was simple, to back up another trooper with a tractor trailer crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike near the Oxford and Auburn line during a snowstorm.
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Louisa Moller,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Heavy snowstorms at the turn of the New Year, in February and in April kept the Sierra Nevada’s overall snowfall within five feet of its median snowfall-to-date this water year as of May, according to the Central Sierra Snow Lab.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
His father’s funeral visitation was held during a snowstorm on February weeknight.
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Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
The need was even greater following snowstorms that disrupted power and water service to much of Houston.
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Kelly Yamanouchi,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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Louisa Moller,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Heavy snowstorms at the turn of the New Year, in February and in April kept the Sierra Nevada’s overall snowfall within five feet of its median snowfall-to-date this water year as of May, according to the Central Sierra Snow Lab.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
His father’s funeral visitation was held during a snowstorm on February weeknight.
—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
The need was even greater following snowstorms that disrupted power and water service to much of Houston.
—
Kelly Yamanouchi,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowstorm
Noun
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Forecasters warned that a thunderstorm could bring wind gusts of between 40 and 50 mph, National Weather Service Senior Meteorologist Chuck Caracozza said.
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
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The Bay Area was handed, unquestionably, the worst slate of group-stage games FIFA’s bureaucrats could manifest — five equivalents of a Tuesday night MACtion football game in a November blizzard.
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The air in the bedroom instantly became a blizzard of trash.
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“Snowstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowstorm. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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