gley

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The study recommends strategic test areas of algicide and treatments to sequester nutrients after large-scale mechanical clearing of the muck.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Passing through clear plastic tubes, muck was sliced into disks like hockey pucks.
    Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 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
  • Neen James — Exceptional Experiences In Exceptional Experiences, luxury consultant Neen James gathers insights gleaned from decades of experience in very exclusive circles and brings them down to earth.
    Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Working with both oil paintings and performance art, her pieces are aimed at protecting and honoring the earth.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 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
  • But the conflict between Joe and Ted goes back further and is rooted in a deep loam of backstory that emerges bit by bit.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The region's soils consist of limestone, clay, and iron-rich loams.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Gley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gley. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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