deserts 1 of 2

plural of desert

deserts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of desert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deserts
Noun
  • Share Your Commitments With Others Share your commitments to drive discipline.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • The letter said the investigation was ending without issuing any findings or conclusions of wrongdoing, and without imposing any discipline or penalty on Davidai.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Stonehouse’s signing leaves Dolphins incumbent punter Jake Bailey very much in jeopardy.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The loss leaves Boise State’s NCAA Tournament fate up to the committee on Selection Sunday.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The film’s warm tones take the form of a mid-2000s orange wash, harkening back to a time when digital color correction was the hot new tool, but action filmmakers hadn’t quite figured how to modulate it.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 July 2025
  • Gabriel House previously submitted a plan of correction to the state, and later received a certificate to operate until December 2025, per WPRI-TV and WBZ-TV.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • Who would want to volunteer for a country that abandons those who serve?
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Plans for the show — which was originally announced in 2020 and then delayed to 2024 — have officially been cancelled, as the studio abandons creating original longform content for streaming.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Mackenzie sued, arguing that under the Constitution, her American birth gave her citizenship as a right, not a privilege, to be removed only as punishment for a crime or through voluntary expatriation.
    Marcia Biederman, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2025
  • For years, state and local authorities have struggled to police these operations, hampered by limited resources and weak criminal punishments that allow arcade owners to brush off law-enforcement interference, the news organizations found.
    Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Furthermore, diagnoses were based on self-report rather than formal clinical assessment, and comorbid conditions were not evaluated.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • Newsom previously requested the parole board conduct a comprehensive risk assessment investigation into whether the brothers could pose a risk to public safety should they be released.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Leslie agreed to a sentence of incarceration for one day, deemed served, and 24 months of supervised release, court records said.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 July 2025
  • Prosecutors agreed to a sentence of probation with the possibility of up to 90 days in jail for Richard and up to 60 days for Mayumi.
    EW.com, EW.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • If not, the Cowboys have the right to issue a penalty.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
  • For all her obvious abilities between the sticks, there is also the conviction to step up and take a penalty herself.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 20 July 2025
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“Deserts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserts. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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