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Recent Examples of subsoil
In some areas, clay-rich subsoils are also present.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Ukraine will also retain the ownership of the subsoil.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
After scraping you’ll likely be left with subsoil, layers of clay or sand, that lack the life-giving nutrients plants require.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Ukraine will also retain the ownership of the subsoil.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
After scraping you’ll likely be left with subsoil, layers of clay or sand, that lack the life-giving nutrients plants require.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsoil
Noun
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This has led to the fairly obvious conclusion that this substratum of Disney’s movie-making is nothing more than brand promotion and capital gain.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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This was a copy of Mikhail’s unpublished autobiography, Leila explained, the substratum to his monumental Histoire de Baalbek’s six editions.—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
Noun
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By analyzing the bones and pyre sediments, researchers believe that hunter-gatherers cremated the body of a woman about 9,500 years ago, according to their study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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Here was a human elbow joint, burned and fractured, preserved in sediments full of debris from the daily lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers.—
Elizabeth Sawchuk,
The Conversation,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These rivers shaped the story of California — a sense of place — from the native peoples shaped by these rivers to the men who extracted riches from the silt.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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This stretch of the Great Hungarian Plain was once the nation’s breadbasket, a lush expanse of silt and soil regularly replenished by the flooding of the Danube and Tisza rivers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2024
Noun
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With the exception of the biological components found in Earth’s topsoil, the composition of the Moon’s regolith is identical to the composition of Earth’s crust.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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They had been driven from their farms by drought and poor agricultural practices that left topsoil vulnerable to erosion.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Sandy soil is more prone to hydrophobia than loam or clay.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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But the conflict between Joe and Ted goes back further and is rooted in a deep loam of backstory that emerges bit by bit.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many fatalities were linked to the collapse of yaodongs—homes carved into loess hillsides.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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When blown by the wind, these sediments are referred to as loess.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
2 Sep. 2021
Noun
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Soil and Water Japanese maple likes a slightly acidic, humus-rich soil with good drainage.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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In flower beds, a light layer acts as natural mulch, insulating roots and conserving soil moisture while decomposing into rich humus over time.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Subsoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsoil. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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