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Recent Examples of air-dry
Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
For care, the brand recommends using a gentle machine cycle with cold water, then laying flat to air-dry.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
The piece consists of 38 small sculptures, each on its own shelf, each sculpted out of air-dry clay.
—Robert Boyd, Chron, 22 Feb. 2023
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Adjective
This kit contains everything your partner needs to make and paint air-dry pots.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
For care, the brand recommends using a gentle machine cycle with cold water, then laying flat to air-dry.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
Be sure to air-dry the topper before making your bed.
—Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
The piece consists of 38 small sculptures, each on its own shelf, each sculpted out of air-dry clay.
—Robert Boyd, Chron, 22 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air-dry
Adjective
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Since this kit is intended for use with regular polish, consider this Sally Hansen Insta-Dry quick dry polish set.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The command center overhead stocked a whole town’s worth (450 tonnes) of equipment — including bunk beds, dry toilets, water, and other supplies — ready to be mobilized into the tunnels below by way of dolly carts.—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
The Dial,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Muhammad still works part-time at Epcot, baking for both restaurants and festivals.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2025
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Analysis Becoming more at ease with the criticism could be a positive step for Meghan as hostile reactions to her work are now baked in on both sides of the Atlantic.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For the most part, Republican members of Congress are standing quiet as our freedoms evaporate.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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When evaporating seawater isn’t replaced by water from the Everglades, bay salinity levels can double normal ocean salinity, Davis explained.—
David Fischer,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Their leaves will begin to shrivel up, and their stems and roots will look dehydrated and thin.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2025
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Zucchini and crookneck squash: Exterior should be free of soft spots, nicks, or shriveling.—
Cathy Thomas,
Orange County Register,
1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.—
Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive,
27 Nov. 2022
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Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.—
Camille Fine,
USA TODAY,
22 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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Photograph: Pablo Romero In the arid region south of Mexicali, where the pale desert dominates the landscape, the Las Arenitas wetland feels like a mirage.—
Geraldine Castro,
Wired News,
23 Apr. 2025
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With reduced visibility, poor air quality and hazardous driving conditions, large-scale dust storms like this reflect ongoing challenges posed by drought and land degradation in arid regions.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
6 Dec. 2023
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Seidensticker pointed out Kawabata’s ties to Japanese poetry: This was prose of a sere, haiku-like delicacy and suggestiveness, with much implied and little specified.—
Brad Leithauser,
WSJ,
10 Nov. 2023
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“Air-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air-dry. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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