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also sear
as in arid
marked by little or no precipitation or humidity
a sere region that can't support agriculture
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Recent Examples of sere
Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
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Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
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
Early hominids may have stood up and gotten naked as a way to cope with heat stress on the sere African savanna.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
But the western region accounts for a small fraction of the land, which unfolds east from the Cascades in expanses of sere high desert, lush pasture and thick forest.
—Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
As the sere image above suggests, the shortgrass prairie of eastern Colorado is ordinarily a dry place.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2013
Just to the east of the Sierra Nevada lies the sere landscape of the Basin and Range province, characterized by linear mountains and valleys arranged roughly in parallel.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018
Here was a tense dialectic that energized his entire career—a tugging between a world of civic engagement, where all pronouncements are dubious, and a sere realm of a lovely, but unsustainable, disembodiment.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Thirst becomes the overarching metaphor for human desire in a sere landscape.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
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
Early hominids may have stood up and gotten naked as a way to cope with heat stress on the sere African savanna.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
But the western region accounts for a small fraction of the land, which unfolds east from the Cascades in expanses of sere high desert, lush pasture and thick forest.
—Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
As the sere image above suggests, the shortgrass prairie of eastern Colorado is ordinarily a dry place.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2013
Just to the east of the Sierra Nevada lies the sere landscape of the Basin and Range province, characterized by linear mountains and valleys arranged roughly in parallel.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018
Here was a tense dialectic that energized his entire career—a tugging between a world of civic engagement, where all pronouncements are dubious, and a sere realm of a lovely, but unsustainable, disembodiment.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Thirst becomes the overarching metaphor for human desire in a sere landscape.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sere
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Thousands of different types of plants from the world’s arid regions are spread across the landscape.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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The arid region had experienced triple-digit temperatures, which officials believe may have been a factor in the cows' deaths.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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While the Southwest, the Central Rockies, the Gulf Coast and the Eastern Seaboard tend to see drier and warmer winters, the Pacific Northwest, New England and the Great Lakes usually experience wetter winters.Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Low Humidity Light brown spots scattered across fiddle leaf fig leaves can be caused by dry air.Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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The ban covers the non-desert regions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties and most of Orange County and prohibits outdoor and residential burning of wood and manufactured logs.Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
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The temporary ban applies to areas within the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, according to a news release from the agency.Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2022
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Because hot air is thirstier — and therefore wetter — the rising heat has correlated with a rise in floods as well.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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Later in the segment, Underwood discusses his new role in STARZ’s Three Women and reacts to some thirsty tweets.Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 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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“Sere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sere. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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