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Recent Examples of topsoil
At one point, there were so many visitors that the cemetery had to bring in a pickup truck full of topsoil to replace what was taken, per The Morning Call.
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 29 June 2025
Last month, archaeologists were able to start excavating and securing the site, which is located on a low beach embankment and protected only by a thin layer of topsoil.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
Green harvesting spares the air, preserves topsoil, and provides leafy residue to turn into byproducts and mulch, thereby creating new sources of revenue and jobs.
—Colin Walkes, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
Carbon Robotics says its approach to weeding increases yields, quality and consistency, and helps preserve topsoil.
—Elizabeth MacBride, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 29 June 2025
Last month, archaeologists were able to start excavating and securing the site, which is located on a low beach embankment and protected only by a thin layer of topsoil.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
Green harvesting spares the air, preserves topsoil, and provides leafy residue to turn into byproducts and mulch, thereby creating new sources of revenue and jobs.
—Colin Walkes, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025
Carbon Robotics says its approach to weeding increases yields, quality and consistency, and helps preserve topsoil.
—Elizabeth MacBride, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topsoil
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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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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Collectively, these leftovers become part of the humus of the soil, helping retain water and support soil-dwelling microbes, invertebrates and roots.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For example, hard clay makes digging tough, so some may opt for hiding under natural cover.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Amend heavy or clay soils with organic matter or compost to improve drainage.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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First, they can be covered at the top with permanent screens or concrete plugs or simply filled with gravel.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Lucid in its clean, limpid minimalism, Mitchell’s prose was like a beautiful, clear river, its bottom not muddy but sparkling—sparkling with what might simply be gravel catching the light or, perhaps, diamonds worth diving for.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While Virgin Voyages features a large spa with several water features, a quartz treatment bed, and a mud room, Celebrity has expanded the wellness theme outside the spa.—
Michele Robson,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Even when encountering damp grass or bits of mud, the beefy, notched wheels never showed signs of traction loss.—
Tyler Hayes,
PC Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Next door is the optional adjoining Suite Jaune d’Or bathed in the golden tones of Marrakech’s desert sands, where elephants march around ceilings in sculpted relief.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Forty yards of sand lay between Groveacher, a barking, brown, 200-pound adolescent male sea lion, and the ocean.—
Steven Rosenfeld,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hendrix sipping an Evian water bottle, Chessy entering with a plate of chocolate chip pancakes, and where on earth is tie-dye girl?—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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At one point, a new single joins the crew, Lee Seung-chan, whose dating experience far exceeds everyone else’s — he’s dated one person for about 100 days in his 31 years on earth.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Topsoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topsoil. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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