as in windswept
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Recent Examples of windblown
The ski line is at a relatively low elevation, and the very top of it commonly avalanches and collects windblown snow.
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Jake Stern, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025
What to Know The National Weather Service (NWS) broadcasted the alert from the South Coast AQMD on Wednesday afternoon, warning that windblown dust has significantly elevated fine particle levels in the air.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The alert, which covers parts of Riverside County, is in effect from 8 a.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. Thursday because of elevated levels of particulate matter caused by windblown dust.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Air quality alerts are in effect across several regions in South Carolina, North Carolina and California because of elevated levels of fine particulates from wildfire smoke and windblown dust, the National Weather Service (NWS) warns.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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Jake Stern, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025
What to Know The National Weather Service (NWS) broadcasted the alert from the South Coast AQMD on Wednesday afternoon, warning that windblown dust has significantly elevated fine particle levels in the air.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The alert, which covers parts of Riverside County, is in effect from 8 a.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. Thursday because of elevated levels of particulate matter caused by windblown dust.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Air quality alerts are in effect across several regions in South Carolina, North Carolina and California because of elevated levels of fine particulates from wildfire smoke and windblown dust, the National Weather Service (NWS) warns.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windblown
Adjective
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Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept island almost feels like paradise.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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Some six inches shorter than Sasaki and 60 pounds lighter, Inoue left Japan for the first time in 2022, and arrived in Scottsbluff, Neb. on the windswept eastern edge of the Rocky Mountain foothills, population 14,000.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Button it up and wear it as a top with wide-leg pants and toss it over a strappy maxi dress on breezy evenings.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
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When temperatures rise, opt for this breezy mini shirtdress.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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“Windblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windblown. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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