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Recent Examples of air-dry
Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 31 May 2025
Drape the rug over a fence or sturdy surface and allow it to air-dry, turning at least once to allow both sides to dry.
—Karen Grossman, Southern Living, 24 June 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
From there, an air-dry gets the sheets back to their best condition.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 31 May 2025
Drape the rug over a fence or sturdy surface and allow it to air-dry, turning at least once to allow both sides to dry.
—Karen Grossman, Southern Living, 24 June 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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Made from Pinot Noir grapes, very dry, elegant in both taste and presentation.—
Lana Bortolot,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Leave compartments unzipped and let the backpack air dry.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 July 2025
Verb
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So using a standard stick outside your underarms (especially one with potential irritants like baking soda, aluminum, or strong fragrances) could cause rash-like symptoms or even an itchy, inflamed reaction known as contact dermatitis, Dr. Massick tells SELF.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
14 July 2025
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Apply a baking soda paste, or, for darker or stubborn stains, a paste of baking soda and white vinegar.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
Verb
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That wet phase of Martian history was billions of years ago, however, and all that water has since evaporated away into space or seeped deep underground.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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While some of yesterday’s deals have evaporated or sold out, Wednesday is bringing a fresh slate of finds.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Leaves and buds that are bitten by frost will blacken and shrivel, sometimes all over the plant.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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As a dahlia flower ages, the petals on the outer edges will begin to droop, wilt, and shrivel before the center of the bloom.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 July 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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But over the centuries, smaller groups of elephants have ventured into and learned to survive in the more arid plains in the western Kunene region.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Unlike agave, which is cultivated and harvested in painstaking cycles, plants of the genus Dasylirion (the plant sotol is made from) grow wild in the arid regions of West Texas.—
Andy Vasoyan,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Her sister’s sere hair went among the grasses; her head was full of the Child.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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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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“Air-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air-dry. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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