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Recent Examples of subsoil
Venezuela legally retained subsoil ownership but granted or sold broad concessions to foreign operators, such as Royal Dutch-Shell.
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Skip York,
The Conversation,
12 Jan. 2026
The legal infrastructure of Chile’s Mining Code of 1874 further facilitated the private appropriation of subsoil wealth.
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Literary Hub,
3 Oct. 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.
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Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
Ukraine will also retain the ownership of the subsoil.
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Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Skip York,
The Conversation,
12 Jan. 2026
The legal infrastructure of Chile’s Mining Code of 1874 further facilitated the private appropriation of subsoil wealth.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Oct. 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
See All Example Sentences for subsoil
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsoil
Noun
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Over time, filters become less effective at removing sediment, impurities, and lingering tastes from your water supply.
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But recent studies have shown that erosion can also emit CO2 by oxidizing organic carbon contained in eroding sediments.
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Some 15,000 years ago the Missoula Floods tore across the region, laying down the windblown silt, gravel, and basalt cobbles that still feed the vines today.
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The Hansen Dam Aquatic Center pool was constructed in 1999 in a $15-million project to replace a previous pool in the area that was filled with silt.
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What used to be open water was heading towards alluvium, and oblivion.
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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.
Noun
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The grinding process will leave a large mound of chips mixed with soil that will need to be removed and replaced with topsoil.
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His ideal mix for vegetables is a combination of topsoil, compost, and lava fines, aka lava sand, which help oxygenate the soil.
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Loamy and sandy loams are the ideal soil type.
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Soil types include gravel and sedimentary loam closer to the river and volcanic rock distributed on the hillsides, a combination that adds distinct aromas, flavors, and minerality to the wines made here.
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Freshman Ben Smith became the first NCAA outdoor champion for Oregon in the shot put since Dean Crouser (1982) with a marl of 69-0 1/2.
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Unlike Franciacorta's more established, polished houses, Alta Langa is defined by its small growers, who make the most of the cooler temperatures of the Langhe hills and their chalky marl soils, which give the wines crisp acidity, fine texture and a savoury, mineral backbone.
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The death toll was so high partly because many people lived in cave dwellings carved into soft loess soil.
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Officials said the feature continued downward into the loess beneath the prehistoric site.
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This includes decaying plant and animal residues, humus, and living microorganisms.
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Composting in the garden is just a way of speeding up the natural process that creates soil all over the world, as organisms such as bacteria, fungi, insects and earthworms consume dead plants to make humus.
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“Subsoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsoil. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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