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Recent Examples of semiarid
Brazil has built one million cisterns in its semiarid northeast to ensure adequate water supplies during extended dry seasons.
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Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
The 1913 construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a bold engineering feat that transported water more than 230 miles to the semiarid region, paved the way for more than 100,000 people to move into the city each year.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
In the Sahel region, a semiarid belt of land stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, temperatures are expected to rise 1 1/2 times faster than the global average, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
—Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
They're often found on loose sand or loamy soils and habitat in arid and semiarid ecosystems.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
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Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
The 1913 construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a bold engineering feat that transported water more than 230 miles to the semiarid region, paved the way for more than 100,000 people to move into the city each year.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
In the Sahel region, a semiarid belt of land stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, temperatures are expected to rise 1 1/2 times faster than the global average, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
—Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
They're often found on loose sand or loamy soils and habitat in arid and semiarid ecosystems.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semiarid
Adjective
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In the arid landscape of Western Australia, a carnivorous marsupial once roamed.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The rugged terrain and semi-arid setting mean that carrying sufficient water in the outdoors is essential.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The program includes guided indoor cardio workouts, various levels of drills and interval training, and running trails through the surrounding semi-desert wilderness that range from three to nine miles.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Cocktail grapefruit grows wherever conventional grapefruit grows, although fruit quality is best, as with grapefruit generally, in desert or semi-desert conditions.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That lack of precipitation, combined with record high winds, contributed to the parched conditions that allowed the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires to explode out of control in Los Angeles in early January, killing 31 people and destroying 16,000 homes and other buildings.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
10 Oct. 2025
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That’s all the better for parched skin that needs an instant hyaluronic-acid fix, or hair that needs a quick, wash-free zhuzh after the gym.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This is not a dusty collection or hodgepodge of Gold Rush artifacts placed around a xeriscape.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The old shelves with their dusty cans were gone, replaced by three wooden pillars, each with a small platform at chest height.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Semiarid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiarid. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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