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also drouths
as in shortages
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
there's been a drought of good movies this year
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Recent Examples of droughts
Scientists say the warming climate is making droughts more severe, with hotter temperatures and greater fire risk.
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
Many experts say given that shift, the state needs to do more to capture water in the wet years to reduce the severity of shortages during droughts.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
Overall, increasing heat, extended droughts, and a thirstier atmosphere are intensifying and lengthening fire seasons in some regions of the world.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Both the Florida Gators and Utah Red Rocks have legitimate shots at ending their title droughts.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Unlike 20 years ago, when the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004 killed more than 200,000 people, 2024 was a year of mounting casualties from typhoons, floods, heat waves and droughts.
—Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
The canal depends on reservoirs that were hit by 2023 droughts that forced it to substantially reduce the number of daily slots for crossing ships.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Federal and state officials said the new operating rules for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project that were developed over the last three years will bring greater stability to the state’s supplies in the face of worsening droughts intensified by climate change.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
As a result, climate change is causing droughts to set in faster during periods of low rain as more groundwater is lost into the atmosphere.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
Many experts say given that shift, the state needs to do more to capture water in the wet years to reduce the severity of shortages during droughts.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
Overall, increasing heat, extended droughts, and a thirstier atmosphere are intensifying and lengthening fire seasons in some regions of the world.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Both the Florida Gators and Utah Red Rocks have legitimate shots at ending their title droughts.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Unlike 20 years ago, when the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004 killed more than 200,000 people, 2024 was a year of mounting casualties from typhoons, floods, heat waves and droughts.
—Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
The canal depends on reservoirs that were hit by 2023 droughts that forced it to substantially reduce the number of daily slots for crossing ships.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Federal and state officials said the new operating rules for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project that were developed over the last three years will bring greater stability to the state’s supplies in the face of worsening droughts intensified by climate change.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
As a result, climate change is causing droughts to set in faster during periods of low rain as more groundwater is lost into the atmosphere.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Droughts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droughts. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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