dust bowls

noun

plural of dust bowl
as in deserts

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  1. deserts
  2. wastelands
  3. wastes
  4. barrens
  5. heaths
  6. brushes
Noun
  • But the ghost lineage DNA shows up in both Neanderthal and Denisovan deserts.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • Every year, millions of pilgrims walk from the deserts of southern Iraq to the holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen, one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world.
    — Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Definition of deserts
Noun
  • Accordingly, the wastelands left behind capitalism grow only more vast.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Pedro Pascal has carried galaxies and post-apocalyptic wastelands on his back.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
Definition of wastelands
Noun
  • There are numerous federal regulations from different agencies around discharges of radium to the environment, but many do not directly apply to oil and gas wastes.
    — Nathaniel Warner, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • But watering the lawn in summer wastes water, which can be expensive.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 20 July 2026
Definition of wastes
Noun
  • In its place urchin barrens now carpet the seafloor; a spiny, silent landscape stripped of life.
    — Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
  • The forests are marked by sparse conifer stands, woodlands, herbaceous vegetation, and unvegetated barrens that dominate the transition to Arctic tundra.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of barrens
Noun
  • Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of heaths
Noun
  • Skip the dog beds and brushes, which could harbor fleas and other problems.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Other air styler round brushes leave my fine hair looking more wind-swept than blown-out, with a ton of fly-aways.
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026
Definition of brushes
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