as in dryness
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Recent Examples of aridity
Temperatures and aridity are increasing and precipitation isn’t rising to match it, so the landscape is getting drier.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And for some reason, humans end up out on the edge, where all of this aridity is happening.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And for some reason, humans end up out on the edge, where all of this aridity is happening.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aridity
Noun
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Recently, a Dior New York spa esthetician told her to swap out her morning cleanser (turns out, too many stripping ingredients were only making her dryness worse).—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
19 Sep. 2025
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Retinoids can cause dryness and flaking, but this can be minimized or even prevented altogether when gradually introduced to the skin, starting with lower concentrations.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The dewy minimalism from summer sun turns to fears of dehydration, redness, and breakouts.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The cause of his health incident was then determined to be dehydration.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Aridity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aridity. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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