oasis

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Recent Examples of oasis The rounded backs and classic striped upholstery make this dining chair duo a great option for your coastal oasis. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025 Third grade was a reprieve, an oasis of happiness, due to the arrival of Susanne McCoy, the only child of a literature professor from Bloomington, Indiana. Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 Create your own oasis and watch the leaves fall with friends and family. Madison Yauger, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 If Hudson Yards feels like a culinary desert, Papa San is an oasis. Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oasis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oasis
Noun
  • May Waheguru ji grant his soul eternal abode at His feet and give strength to the family to bear this sorrowful blow.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Preserving original brick also helps hold a bit of a home's history in place, a constant reminder that many of today’s abodes hold pieces of the past.
    Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some state parks allow hunting, but national wildlife refuges are closed to hunting unless expressly permitted.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Maintain a safe distance from windows and avoid seeking refuge in large open rooms like cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Trent Stewart was the pastor at The Log Church in Waverly, where Sunday school and worship were canceled this weekend and replaced with a time of prayer in the sanctuary, the church's associate pastor, Charlie Musick, posted on social media.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • True to its mystical desert roots, the hotel leans into Sedona's reputation as a spiritual sanctuary—with a lineup of wellness offerings that range from grounding to otherworldly.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But people concerned about the health effects of chemicals see the agency’s retreat from environmental protections as a betrayal.
    Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Jorgen Watne Frydens, the Nobel Committee chair, spoke broadly about the advance of authoritarian regimes in the world and retreat of democracy in the announcement.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If no shelter is available avoid trees, power lines, and the side of the road.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Around 60 percent of imports at Chattogram Port are handled at its outer anchorage.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • On April Fools’ Day in 1928, the Point Loma was towed out to an anchorage on the southern end of the Point Loma kelp beds.
    Eric DuVall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Eventually, one step ahead of a prosecutor’s arrest warrant, González sought diplomatic asylum in the Spanish Embassy in Caracas and was allowed to leave the country.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Pérez and other asylum-seekers used that earlier version, CBP One, to make appointments to approach the border.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • PierPride hosts several other fundraisers throughout the year, including a dinner at Fisherman’s Restaurant at the base of the pier and coastal tours aboard Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching boats, which launched from the San Clemente Pier decades ago before moving to the harbor.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • To the right lay the harbor, its narrow entrance guarded by the grim Morro Castle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Oasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oasis. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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