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Recent Examples of undecomposed
Aeration is also used when there is a layer of thatch (undecomposed organic matter) on top of the soil and beneath the runners.
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Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
Onions + Garlic Crop rotation plan Rotate with legumes, and avoid planting in soil with undecomposed organic matter.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 23 Feb. 2017
This is a layer of undecomposed stems (not leaves) of grass.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 July 2017
A dead monkey, still whole, still undecomposed, drifted back and forth with a certain precision upon those ripples and eddies without exit.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
Onions + Garlic Crop rotation plan Rotate with legumes, and avoid planting in soil with undecomposed organic matter.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 23 Feb. 2017
This is a layer of undecomposed stems (not leaves) of grass.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 July 2017
A dead monkey, still whole, still undecomposed, drifted back and forth with a certain precision upon those ripples and eddies without exit.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undecomposed
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The idea has remained controversial, given the difficulty of obtaining healthy, uncontaminated human brain tissue that could be used to study possible microbial inhabitants.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Her outfits are mercifully uncontaminated by everyday labor.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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But the estate around the Rockefeller villa, protected (at least for now) from development, remains nearly untouched, save for a stone staircase leading down to the golden beach.Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2024
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Likewise, the four-speed gearbox remains untouched.Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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The spa is a true respite for unwinding after a day on the trails, and the jaw-dropping views of the Centennial State's wild, unspoiled beauty seal the deal.Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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Photo : Molly Culver A covered patio with an outdoor fireplace and unspoiled landscape views.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2024
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Just a few miles from Truckee, which anchors the California side of the crystalline lake, is Martis Camp, a low-key and high-luxury residential resort community spanning 2,177 pristine acres.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
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Before Shafak, like many other female artists, sits another motif of creative anxiety: a notebook, its pristine pages gleaming under lamplight with both seductive promise and silent condemnation.Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
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Multigenerational trips where families rent houses are popular here, too, and the biggest nightlife activity is stargazing under the unpolluted sky and looking for fiddler crabs on the beach.Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
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In a natural, unpolluted environment hawkmoths might fly 80 kilometers in a night and be able to home in on flowers from kilometers away.Popular Science, Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
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On taking office, the 76-year-old Temer could have appointed aides who were untainted by the Car Wash scandal.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2017
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The White House is untainted by scandal, the incumbent party is charismatic.Natalie Neysa Alund, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Undecomposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undecomposed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2025.
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