1
as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
an arid speech about duty and responsibility
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2
as in dry
marked by little or no precipitation or humidity
arid wastelands unfit for human habitation
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Recent Examples of arid
Instead, lei represent our delicate food genealogies and fragrant flora, as told in our oral histories:
This arid island is known for its lei hala, made from pandanus fruit and presented during periods of change or transition.
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D. Kauwila Mahi, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2025
This is in Beverly Hills, inside an arid marble palace just off Sunset Boulevard, where Ozzy lives with his wife, Sharon, and their three teenage kids, Aimee, Kelly and Jack.
—Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
For decades, governments have allowed companies to spritz clouds with chemicals like silver iodide to encourage extra snow or rain onto arid fields below, usually at the request of farmers and ranchers.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Flickering habitability The landscape turned arid, judging by Earth’s standards, roughly 3.5 billion years ago.
—ArsTechnica, 13 July 2025
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D. Kauwila Mahi, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2025
This is in Beverly Hills, inside an arid marble palace just off Sunset Boulevard, where Ozzy lives with his wife, Sharon, and their three teenage kids, Aimee, Kelly and Jack.
—Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
For decades, governments have allowed companies to spritz clouds with chemicals like silver iodide to encourage extra snow or rain onto arid fields below, usually at the request of farmers and ranchers.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Flickering habitability The landscape turned arid, judging by Earth’s standards, roughly 3.5 billion years ago.
—ArsTechnica, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arid
Adjective
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There are occasional boring stretches, along with confounding ones.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Aug. 2025
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At the end of the day, Stone relied on all of the wardrobe classics to turn boring old sports merch into a sartorial home run.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
31 July 2025
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
Adjective
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On the palate, the wine is velvety and streamlined with notes of black cherry, dusty chocolate mocha and graphite, with a long elegant finish.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Silvery fabric curtained the frame around him, floating loosely in the cold, dusty air.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Like claws to the earth, mangrove roots arched their way into the marsh, thirsty for the nutrients St. Lucia had to offer.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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If all that activity gets one hungry and thirsty, there’s a restaurant and bar.—
Daniella Walsh,
Oc Register,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Kennedy’s opponent, Vice President Richard Nixon, seemed to embody what voters were tiring of—the stale complacency and status quo of the 1950s.—
Time,
Time,
23 July 2025
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There are only so many new stories to be told, and audiences seem to be tiring of the monotony.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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As elevated mortgage rates continue to put a damper on the housing market locally and nationally, rising inventory, slower sales and lower prices have made for more favorable conditions for potential buyers in the Austin-area housing market.—
Shonda Novak,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Progress toward the opening of the micro-home village has been slow following a ceremonial groundbreaking held in July 2023.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Many senior party and military leaders, weary after years of a punishing civil war, were reluctant to go up against the strongest force in the world.—
M. Taylor Fravel,
Foreign Affairs,
18 July 2025
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There’s no rest for the weary — or in this case, the Florida Panthers.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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The South Coast Air Basin includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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This prohibits wood burning both indoors and outdoors across Orange County and the non-desert areas of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Arid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arid. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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