gault

chiefly British

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Noun
  • So, working out that musical movie with the clay of the songs that had already been written and how to work a new scenario around that became a really fun puzzle.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Those intriguing chemical fingerprints include the iron-containing minerals vivianite and greigite, which Perseverance spotted in the clay-rich sediments of a long-dry lakebed.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As the rover’s instruments confirmed, the red is iron-rich mud, the purple is iron and phosphorous, the yellow and green are iron and sulfur.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • What's exciting is that a combination of mud and organic matter has reacted to produce these minerals and these textures, Hurowitz said.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Key Ingredients: Turmeric, citrine gemstones, paprika, zeolite, kaolin clay Best for: Dull skin, mature skin Size: 2 oz.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Oil-absorbing kaolin clay keeps shine at bay with zero sparkle, while squalane delivers deep hydration, making this blush a great pick even for drier skin.
    Allure, Allure, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The menu for weekend brunch features French toast, chicken and waffles and bottomless mimosas, plus southern favorites such as jambalaya, gumbo and po’boys, along with drinks like Tito’s cherry limeade, beers on tap and cocktails.
    David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In the kitchen, okra with its viscous texture has been helpful thickening soups like gumbo.
    Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • California beaches were closed; skate parks were filled with sand.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In the heigh of summer, the beaches are often completely blanketed with umbrellas and beach towels, leaving little room to actually see the sand.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The timing and intensity of peak foliage vary from year to year, depending on several factors, such as drought conditions, rainfall, temperature, soil content, and the types of trees, as well as cloud cover.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But cutting down forests to plant coffee and other crops releases carbon that was stored in trees and soil into the atmosphere.
    Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the version at the Saenger was a different song entirely—quiet and haunting, delivered in a rocks-and-gravel voice to a dark hall that had gone dead silent.
    Tom Piazza September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Then in the 1960s, Lake Burtnieks’s northern shore was used as a gravel quarry.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Gault.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gault. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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