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Recent Examples of air-dry
Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
According to 14th Night, shake the bottle before smoothing four to eight drops into wet hair from mid-lengths to ends, then air-dry or heat-style.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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
Air dry: For a crispy skin, leave the turkey uncovered in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours to air-dry.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
According to 14th Night, shake the bottle before smoothing four to eight drops into wet hair from mid-lengths to ends, then air-dry or heat-style.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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
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MacKay’s droll speaking style failed to impress some voters but was a huge hit with his colleagues and the media because of his dry, self-deprecating sense of humor.Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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Staying dry in Dry January can be hard for some participants so an ice cream company is trying to step in with some frozen encouragement.Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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The only difference is that the new Scribe comes with these features baked in.Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
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But once again, that also seems like a standard thing that people who really like to bake might already have.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
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That sense of urgency seems to have evaporated as Bolt struggles to answer questions about the strange deal.Iain Martin, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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This time, after a 20-point lead late in the second quarter almost completely evaporated at the start of the third, the Heat came together to improve to 3-1 on the trip and 20-17 on the season.Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
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Catching Up With China As Africa’s economic ties with other nations — principally China — have grown, the importance of its business with the United States has shriveled.Ruth Maclean, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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On the lower end of skills and pay, apparel employment shriveled as Southern California garment makers focused on fashion and small quantities, eliminating tens of thousands of manual labor jobs.Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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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
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Climate scientists say global warming has exacerbated southern California’s arid conditions, laying the groundwork for more frequent and worse fires and other natural disasters.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Its rigid thematic frame—an arid realm of thinly evoked abstractions—carries over into its composition.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 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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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
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“Air-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air-dry. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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