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also sear
as in dry
marked by little or no precipitation or humidity
a sere region that can't support agriculture
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Recent Examples of sere
Klinger recommends to steam it before marinating to reduce bitterness, and then grill, pan-sear, or crumble it into recipes.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Dec. 2025
Her sister’s sere hair went among the grasses; her head was full of the Child.
—Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
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
But the western region accounts for a small fraction of the land, which unfolds east from the Cascades in expanses of sere high desert, lush pasture and thick forest.
—Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
Early hominids may have stood up and gotten naked as a way to cope with heat stress on the sere African savanna.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Dec. 2025
Her sister’s sere hair went among the grasses; her head was full of the Child.
—Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
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
But the western region accounts for a small fraction of the land, which unfolds east from the Cascades in expanses of sere high desert, lush pasture and thick forest.
—Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
Early hominids may have stood up and gotten naked as a way to cope with heat stress on the sere African savanna.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sere
Adjective
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Though the state is seeing a surface water supply far above average, March’s heat shock has left many less confident about the fate of water supply for the upcoming dry season.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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From December to January, Loni and other cities across northern India routinely grapple with a severe spike in pollution during the cold, dry winter months.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Conversely, a dry and thirsty soil bed retains snowmelt come spring, inadvertently allowing for more evaporative loss and water uptake by vegetation, and leaving little for stream flows.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Above and beyond anything else, this is a story of kindness and inclusivity, which everyone’s thirsty for.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Boise, like much of Idaho, has an arid high desert climate, according to the National Weather Service.—
Hali Smith,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Mar. 2026
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Should the ranching economy here disappear, the knowledge of keeping this semi-arid landscape productive and healthy will disappear with it.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Sere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sere. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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