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Recent Examples of bone-dry
Experts blame the apocalyptic fires on months of bone-dry weather and the seasonal, Santa Ana winds reaching near-hurricane speeds.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Water rolled off the jacket during testing, and the fabric remained bone-dry to the touch afterward.
—Grace Smith, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
With a nose of black cherry, an underlying earthiness highlighted with tobacco, and a bone-dry palate featuring soft tannins and a lingering finish, this is a wine to sip and contemplate.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
With bone-dry conditions, Southern California high fire danger could linger into the new year.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Water rolled off the jacket during testing, and the fabric remained bone-dry to the touch afterward.
—Grace Smith, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
With a nose of black cherry, an underlying earthiness highlighted with tobacco, and a bone-dry palate featuring soft tannins and a lingering finish, this is a wine to sip and contemplate.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
With bone-dry conditions, Southern California high fire danger could linger into the new year.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone-dry
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Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable.Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
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The combination of ferocious winds and a parched landscape created ideal conditions for the fast-moving fires that have consumed large swaths of Los Angeles this week.Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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In this case, extremely wet conditions are followed almost immediately by parched weather patterns, typically accompanied by above average temperatures.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Jan. 2025
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For care, the brand recommends hand-washing or using a gentle machine cycle with cold water and a mild detergent, then hanging or laying flat to air-dry.Clara McMahon, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Then while your hair is wet, tuck it behind your ears, lightly scrunch, and air-dry.Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2024
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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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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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This Latitude Run mat at Wayfair is made with tightly woven cotton fibers, which traps moisture effectively, keeping the floor dry and slip-free.Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
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According to one study, even in the extremely dry Martian atmosphere, the climatic conditions inside the volcanoes' craters are such that frost can form even though it's never been found elsewhere on Mars – even at the poles.David Szondy, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone-dry. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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