wetter
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wet·ter
ˈwe-tər 
comparative form of the adjective wet
a wetter climate
a plant that grows in wetter regions
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Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Since 2020, blazes even burned up homes on the Oregon coast, just inland from the Pacific Ocean in areas once thought almost immune to fire because of a wetter, cooler climate.
—Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
In sumptuously vibrating chords in the first movement of Schubert’s Fantasy, Olafsson’s touch was a little wetter and more muted, Wang’s percussive and as coolly etched as a polygraph.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
In addition, vegetation dries first in California’s inland valleys, which may already suffer from wildfires—occupying limited firefighting resources—by the time wetter coastal areas are even ready for prescribed burning.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
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In the specific context of Minnesota, what does a wetter, warmer climate mean?
—Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Since 2020, blazes even burned up homes on the Oregon coast, just inland from the Pacific Ocean in areas once thought almost immune to fire because of a wetter, cooler climate.
—Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
In sumptuously vibrating chords in the first movement of Schubert’s Fantasy, Olafsson’s touch was a little wetter and more muted, Wang’s percussive and as coolly etched as a polygraph.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
In addition, vegetation dries first in California’s inland valleys, which may already suffer from wildfires—occupying limited firefighting resources—by the time wetter coastal areas are even ready for prescribed burning.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Wetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wetter. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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