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Recent Examples of windswept
Instead of windswept fields and rugged, snowy mountains, the region’s lush, subtropical conditions of 76 million years ago provided ample resources for both terrestrial and flying dinosaurs.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2025
In the windswept Chilean Andes, scientists studied six volcanoes and discovered a chilling trend: melting glaciers are reducing the pressure underground, giving volcanoes room to stretch and potentially explode.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 11 July 2025
With windswept hair, a $50 camouflage jacket and sporty backpack, Princess Charlotte beamed into her mother’s iPhone camera during a family hike in Cumbria in northwest England earlier this year.
—Monique Jessen, People.com, 8 May 2025
The clip also highlights Klum's makeup-free face and windswept beach hair.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 14 July 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2025
In the windswept Chilean Andes, scientists studied six volcanoes and discovered a chilling trend: melting glaciers are reducing the pressure underground, giving volcanoes room to stretch and potentially explode.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 11 July 2025
With windswept hair, a $50 camouflage jacket and sporty backpack, Princess Charlotte beamed into her mother’s iPhone camera during a family hike in Cumbria in northwest England earlier this year.
—Monique Jessen, People.com, 8 May 2025
The clip also highlights Klum's makeup-free face and windswept beach hair.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windswept
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In California, an air quality alert has been issued due to harmful levels of particle pollution from windblown dust in the Coachella Valley.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Potentially hazardous air quality has gripped Phoenix, Arizona, as a combination of stagnant weather, windblown dust, and warm temperatures fueled a rise in PM10 pollution, prompting hazy skies and health warnings across the region.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The simple design can easily be tossed over a bathing suit for a pool day or styled with a cardigan on a breezy September day.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
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Modern strapless dresses play with proportions, with many falling mid-calf length or longer, in breezy fabrics that will keep you cool on even the hottest of days.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
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Directed by Paul Schrader with a script by Bret Easton Ellis, this spiritually bleak L.A. drama features Lohan’s most daring performance, and probably the only one that manages to break completely with her childhood and adolescent roles.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The situation is bleak enough that, even if aid increases rapidly in the coming weeks, deaths from starvation are almost certain to rise.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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The bolt, which materialized on a stormy day in October 2017, spanned a total of 515 miles from East Texas to an area near Kansas City.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
31 July 2025
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Wednesday was a stormy day across northern Wisconsin, filled with thunderstorm and tornado warnings.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Sheckler and Kells have used the parallels in their turbulent journeys in the spotlight to lean on one another, making their bond stronger over the years.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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The two were married in 2012, and in the 13 years that followed, Krein was spotted from time to time with the powerful political family as his father-in-law navigated a presidential campaign and turbulent term in the White House.—
Kyler Alvord,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Our testers noted that the material held up to inclement weather, with no fading or tears. More than 9,000 shoppers have picked up the umbrella in the last month alone, and it’s racked up over 27,000 five-star ratings.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The district may use an e-learning day when school is closed for inclement weather, per its website, rather than calling off school.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windswept. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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