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Recent Examples of semiarid
In the Sahel region, a semiarid belt of land stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, temperatures are expected to rise 1 1/2 times faster than the global average, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
They're often found on loose sand or loamy soils and habitat in arid and semiarid ecosystems.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
But no other site can match the density of designs found on Mona, a semiarid mesa halfway between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In the Sahel, the semiarid region bordering the Sahara that runs across the African continent, tens of thousands of teenagers have joined militant groups linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
They're often found on loose sand or loamy soils and habitat in arid and semiarid ecosystems.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
But no other site can match the density of designs found on Mona, a semiarid mesa halfway between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
In the Sahel, the semiarid region bordering the Sahara that runs across the African continent, tens of thousands of teenagers have joined militant groups linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semiarid
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Destroying forests creates deserts, sandstorms, dry riverbeds and arid croplands.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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As a kid growing up in Hermosillo, the biggest city in the arid northern Mexican state of Sonora, Ruben Leal took the region’s signature flour tortillas for granted.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The South Coast Air Basin includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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This prohibits wood burning both indoors and outdoors across Orange County and the non-desert areas of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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But in a welcome boon for a parched region, two more storms will follow within the week — one Monday, another Wednesday, according to the NWS.—
Sam Schulz,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Prompt Inaccurate Air Quality Predictions 'Unheard-of' Storm Brings Months of Rain to 2 States In the pictures, an alligator is seen sitting in a largely evaporated pond in southwest Florida, and the parched Everglades are seen from aerial helicopter shots.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Flying by the active asteroid could show exactly what processes are creating the dusty tails streaming from the object and might reveal possibilities scientists haven’t even considered, Kareta said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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The dry, dusty air can weaken or block hurricane formation.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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“Semiarid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiarid. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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