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Recent Examples of subsoil
The Trump administration reintroduced a clause on Ukrainian subsoil resources that obliges Kyiv to repay the full amount of U.S. aid provided since the beginning of the war, which the Kiel Institute said would amount to around $123 billion.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
According to the Constitution, the subsoil where extraction would take place belongs to the Ukrainian people .
—Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
This land was stripped of its dense vegetation by miners scouring the subsoil for tiny specks of gold, using mercury to separate the gold from the sediment.
—Simeon Tegel, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
His contemporary approach to winemaking—based partly on geology—focuses on the critical interaction between subsoils and vines in producing high-quality wines.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
According to the Constitution, the subsoil where extraction would take place belongs to the Ukrainian people .
—Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
This land was stripped of its dense vegetation by miners scouring the subsoil for tiny specks of gold, using mercury to separate the gold from the sediment.
—Simeon Tegel, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
His contemporary approach to winemaking—based partly on geology—focuses on the critical interaction between subsoils and vines in producing high-quality wines.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsoil
Noun
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This was a copy of Mikhail’s unpublished autobiography, Leila explained, the substratum to his monumental Histoire de Baalbek’s six editions.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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If the substratum of the local and the vernacular is being erased in a metaphorical but also very literal sense by a voracious and extractive economic order, then the global subaltern’s rage must be given a voice and a place.—
Manuel Borja-Villel,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Sometimes, Tarhan explained, women will flip the cups over and try and try to decipher the meaning left behind by the coffee sediment — kind of like reading your fortune in tea leaves.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2025
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Newcomers arrive in waves and settle like layers of sediment.—
Jordan Salama,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Noun
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In Prospect, along the Ohio River, the owners of Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille responded to the incursion of dirty river water by deliberately flooding the restaurant with fresh water, keeping most of the silt and debris out.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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The fossil was located on Soom Shale, a band of silts and clays about 250 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2024
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The tusk was covered with alluvium, possibly during a major flooding event, MDEQ said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
13 Aug. 2024
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Previous wildfire testing has found roughly 20% of properties fail to meet California’s cleanup goals for potentially toxic materials after a first round of debris removal, which typically involves taking off about 6 inches of topsoil.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Bulk mulch, compost, and topsoil are sold by the cubic yard, which equals 27 cubic feet.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Many of us can’t wait to get into our gardens, turn over that fine Illinois loam and plant.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The vines are planted in limestone, marl, and clay soils and are situated with eastern and southeastern exposures at altitudes of 750 to 1,000 feet so grapes mature perfectly with the right balance of sugars, acid, and minerality.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
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The region’s soil mixture of marl, clayey limestone, marine sandstone, and rough clay draws out Glera’s creamy texture and fresh peach notes, the wine’s signature aromatic characteristic.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2024
Noun
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When blown by the wind, these sediments are referred to as loess.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
2 Sep. 2021
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Soils here are particularly complex, featuring chalk, sand, gravel, clay, loess, quartzite and slate.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2021
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“Subsoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsoil. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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