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a type of soil that is good for growing plants
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Recent Examples of loam
Plants thrive in fertile, slightly acidic loam or sand loam.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Loam The word loam is used to describe soils with a good mixture of sand, silt, and clay, as well as organic matter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Then a month later, Hurricane Hanna hit South Texas and deep gashes appeared in the sandy loam under the wall.
—Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Loam The word loam is used to describe soils with a good mixture of sand, silt, and clay, as well as organic matter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Then a month later, Hurricane Hanna hit South Texas and deep gashes appeared in the sandy loam under the wall.
—Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loam
Noun
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The topsoil isn’t able to fully purify rainwater, leaving CSP1-3 to absorb leftover carbon and nitrogen.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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Use it for pest control by adding a ring of biodegradable litter along the topsoil of outdoor plants to keep slugs, snails, and pests away.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Apr. 2025
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Collectively, these leftovers become part of the humus of the soil, helping retain water and support soil-dwelling microbes, invertebrates and roots.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Burnt soil has obviously lost any mulch that had been present as well as the layer of decomposing organic material or humus just below it.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
8 Feb. 2025
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Phosphorus is notoriously slow to dissolve, and because of their microscopic particle sizes, clays tend to hold the phosphorus tightly.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
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The storm had loosened the piece of clay from a nearby cliff face.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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When polio workers came door-to-door in late April last year in his village of simple mud and brick houses, the child had a fever.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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The hotel’s lobby bar and connected lounge spaces are filled with an impressive collection of African art, from masks to textiles like mud cloth sourced from Benin, the Congo, Ethiopia, and the Tuareg people.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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Composed of layers of sand, gravel and microorganisms, these provide a sustainable, eco-friendly purification solution while preserving water’s natural integrity.—
Sahit Muja,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Titanium, a key metal for aerospace, ship and missile technology, is present in as many as 28 locations in Ukraine, both in hard rock and sand or gravel deposits.—
Scott L. Montgomery,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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The white sand Beach is also a hot spot for surfers and a popular spot for those driving the Road to Hana that’s located at mile 9.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There also are fat bikes designed for sand and snow.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the earlier days of the public A.I. race, OpenAI seemed to be to A.I. what Facebook was to social networking: a single American product for everyone on earth.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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But officials in this second Trump administration, including the President himself, see it as a waste of an enormously valuable resource given that U.S. coal reserves far exceed those of any other nation on earth.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Loam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loam. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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