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Recent Examples of topsoil
During that time, change happens on a molecular level, resulting in a nutrient-rich topsoil.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
But simply piling mounds of topsoil on top of hard clay ground can result in an impermeable layer, both to water and roots.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
As the deadline approaches for Congress to renew the U.S. Farm Bill, agricultural experts and farmers are calling on legislators to prioritize protecting topsoil in the Midwest and throughout the country, especially as the federal government is withdrawing from conservation initiatives.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Fill the stump hole with quality topsoil and keep an eye out for settling, topping off with more soil as needed until level.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
But simply piling mounds of topsoil on top of hard clay ground can result in an impermeable layer, both to water and roots.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
As the deadline approaches for Congress to renew the U.S. Farm Bill, agricultural experts and farmers are calling on legislators to prioritize protecting topsoil in the Midwest and throughout the country, especially as the federal government is withdrawing from conservation initiatives.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Fill the stump hole with quality topsoil and keep an eye out for settling, topping off with more soil as needed until level.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topsoil
Noun
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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
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The region's soils consist of limestone, clay, and iron-rich loams.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Brunch might mean a humus bowl layered with lamb and pickled onion, or a shakshuka made with black lime tomato stew.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Unless the compost is fully broken down into humus, this incorporation will also work organic matter into the soil, which helps with aeration and further supports microorganisms.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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So, working out that musical movie with the clay of the songs that had already been written and how to work a new scenario around that became a really fun puzzle.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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Those intriguing chemical fingerprints include the iron-containing minerals vivianite and greigite, which Perseverance spotted in the clay-rich sediments of a long-dry lakebed.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But the version at the Saenger was a different song entirely—quiet and haunting, delivered in a rocks-and-gravel voice to a dark hall that had gone dead silent.—
Tom Piazza
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Then in the 1960s, Lake Burtnieks’s northern shore was used as a gravel quarry.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As the rover’s instruments confirmed, the red is iron-rich mud, the purple is iron and phosphorous, the yellow and green are iron and sulfur.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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What's exciting is that a combination of mud and organic matter has reacted to produce these minerals and these textures, Hurowitz said.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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California beaches were closed; skate parks were filled with sand.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the heigh of summer, the beaches are often completely blanketed with umbrellas and beach towels, leaving little room to actually see the sand.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Neen James — Exceptional Experiences In Exceptional Experiences, luxury consultant Neen James gathers insights gleaned from decades of experience in very exclusive circles and brings them down to earth.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Working with both oil paintings and performance art, her pieces are aimed at protecting and honoring the earth.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Topsoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topsoil. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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