gleys

noun

Definition of gleysnext
plural of gley
as in blacklands

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  1. muck
  2. earth
  3. dust
Noun
  • When the trucks don’t arrive in time at a sewage plant near Cutler Bay, the smell from 350 tons of tarry black muck leftover from the daily processing of human waste can spread.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • There are accounts of brown, swirling muck near the landfill, of barrels leaching amber ooze into the grasses and ground.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Definition of muck
Noun
  • Oh, and—little detail—the earth’s surface has, apparently, been wiped clean by a world-historic climate event and a nuclear war, and everybody who survived is living in a bunker gussied up by its billionaire overlords to look like a perpetually temperate American suburb.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • With the ongoing hostilities, famine, and disease, among others, Sudan is hell on earth for children.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of earth
Noun
  • As some know, director/screenwriter Elijah Bynum’s harrowing feature has been collecting dust on the shelf for two years due mostly to Majors’ problems, including his conviction of misdemeanor assaults against Grace Jabbari.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In asthma, the immune system overreacts to harmless environmental elements like pollen, mold, or dust, causing airway inflammation.
    — Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of dust
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“Gleys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleys. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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