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Recent Examples of undecomposed
Aeration is also used when there is a layer of thatch (undecomposed organic matter) on top of the soil and beneath the runners.
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Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
Onions + Garlic Crop rotation plan Rotate with legumes, and avoid planting in soil with undecomposed organic matter.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 23 Feb. 2017
This is a layer of undecomposed stems (not leaves) of grass.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 July 2017
A dead monkey, still whole, still undecomposed, drifted back and forth with a certain precision upon those ripples and eddies without exit.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
Onions + Garlic Crop rotation plan Rotate with legumes, and avoid planting in soil with undecomposed organic matter.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 23 Feb. 2017
This is a layer of undecomposed stems (not leaves) of grass.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 July 2017
A dead monkey, still whole, still undecomposed, drifted back and forth with a certain precision upon those ripples and eddies without exit.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undecomposed
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The idea has remained controversial, given the difficulty of obtaining healthy, uncontaminated human brain tissue that could be used to study possible microbial inhabitants.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Her outfits are mercifully uncontaminated by everyday labor.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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According to Pelletier, the DOJ's approach often leaves individual corporate wrongdoers untouched, even when the DOJ says there's evidence of serious misconduct.Brian Mann, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
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Think of it like customizing a key to unlock only the parts of the ECS responsible for pain relief while leaving the rest untouched.Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
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The West End The southwest coast of Curaçao is known for its unspoiled beaches, but there's even more to love in the island's interior.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2024
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All that said, this tale of an Earth on which dinosaurs weren’t wiped out by a meteor is visually stunning, imagining an unspoiled American Northwest in which the mighty reptiles rule.Will Leitch, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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Explore the resort’s 100 miles of trails sprawled across 37,000 acres of pristine Montana wilderness by dog sled, horseback, downhill ski or snow tube before gathering around the nightly campfire to share stories over s’mores.Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
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Multigenerational trips where families rent houses are popular here, too, and the biggest nightlife activity is stargazing under the unpolluted sky and looking for fiddler crabs on the beach.Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
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In a natural, unpolluted environment hawkmoths might fly 80 kilometers in a night and be able to home in on flowers from kilometers away.Popular Science, Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
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On taking office, the 76-year-old Temer could have appointed aides who were untainted by the Car Wash scandal.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2017
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The White House is untainted by scandal, the incumbent party is charismatic.Natalie Neysa Alund, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Undecomposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undecomposed. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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