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Recent Examples of sunbaked
Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable.
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Members of the lineage leading to and including Neanderthals lived roughly 430,000 to 40,000 years ago in environments from Siberia’s tundra to the sunbaked beaches of the Mediterranean.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Precious water As early summer temperatures soar above 90 degrees along the sunbaked beachfront, water has become a precious resource.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Members of the lineage leading to and including Neanderthals lived roughly 430,000 to 40,000 years ago in environments from Siberia’s tundra to the sunbaked beaches of the Mediterranean.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Precious water As early summer temperatures soar above 90 degrees along the sunbaked beachfront, water has become a precious resource.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbaked
Adjective
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Put simply, the Dewy Milk Moisturizer is best for oily and combination skin types, while the pre-existing Dewy Skin Cream caters to those with parched dry skin.—
Claire Sullivan,
Footwear News,
17 June 2025
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Even with parched conditions Seminole has staved off a burn ban, according to county spokeswoman Doreen Overstreet.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The regular afternoon thunderstorms have more than made up for the bone-dry conditions of last March and April, when Central Florida faced dying lawns amid an intensifying drought.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 July 2025
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For the last half-century, America’s population growth has been concentrated in the sweltering, equal parts bone-dry and waterlogged, yet ever-sprawling Sunbelt.—
Marina Bolotnikova,
Vox,
7 July 2025
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“Sunbaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbaked. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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