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also drouth
as in shortage
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
there's been a drought of good movies this year
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Recent Examples of drought
Herdade de Rio Frio’s cork oaks, which are native to Portugal and can resist frequent droughts and scorching summer temperatures, were planted more than a century ago.
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Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Only a year earlier, that same place would have been dry land, exposed by drought before the sudden wet years of 2023 and 2024 briefly covered it again.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
But relief has been scant in a country largely ignored by the world since the Taliban takeover in 2021, that is struggling to accommodate millions of Afghans expelled from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, as well drought victims in its north.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
That’s one nomination, one win, and a long drought since.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Only a year earlier, that same place would have been dry land, exposed by drought before the sudden wet years of 2023 and 2024 briefly covered it again.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
But relief has been scant in a country largely ignored by the world since the Taliban takeover in 2021, that is struggling to accommodate millions of Afghans expelled from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, as well drought victims in its north.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
That’s one nomination, one win, and a long drought since.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drought
Noun
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The 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down the largest refined products pipeline in the United States for several days, creating fuel shortages and demonstrating how OT disruptions cascade through the economy.—
Bob Ackerman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a decade that some critics believe has a shortage of newness and invention, slop is one of the few frontiers that’s actively being pushed.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s encouragement of Walker was enough to spur him into the race, though Republicans as a whole were hesitant, given Walker’s lack of experience and standing as an unknown quantity among GOP voters.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Drought.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drought. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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