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also sear
as in arid
marked by little or no precipitation or humidity
a sere region that can't support agriculture
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Recent Examples of sere
Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
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Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
Seidensticker pointed out Kawabata’s ties to Japanese poetry: This was prose of a sere, haiku-like delicacy and suggestiveness, with much implied and little specified.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
Early hominids may have stood up and gotten naked as a way to cope with heat stress on the sere African savanna.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
But the western region accounts for a small fraction of the land, which unfolds east from the Cascades in expanses of sere high desert, lush pasture and thick forest.
—Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
As the sere image above suggests, the shortgrass prairie of eastern Colorado is ordinarily a dry place.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2013
Just to the east of the Sierra Nevada lies the sere landscape of the Basin and Range province, characterized by linear mountains and valleys arranged roughly in parallel.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018
Here was a tense dialectic that energized his entire career—a tugging between a world of civic engagement, where all pronouncements are dubious, and a sere realm of a lovely, but unsustainable, disembodiment.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Thirst becomes the overarching metaphor for human desire in a sere landscape.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
Seidensticker pointed out Kawabata’s ties to Japanese poetry: This was prose of a sere, haiku-like delicacy and suggestiveness, with much implied and little specified.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
Early hominids may have stood up and gotten naked as a way to cope with heat stress on the sere African savanna.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
But the western region accounts for a small fraction of the land, which unfolds east from the Cascades in expanses of sere high desert, lush pasture and thick forest.
—Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
As the sere image above suggests, the shortgrass prairie of eastern Colorado is ordinarily a dry place.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2013
Just to the east of the Sierra Nevada lies the sere landscape of the Basin and Range province, characterized by linear mountains and valleys arranged roughly in parallel.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018
Here was a tense dialectic that energized his entire career—a tugging between a world of civic engagement, where all pronouncements are dubious, and a sere realm of a lovely, but unsustainable, disembodiment.
—Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Thirst becomes the overarching metaphor for human desire in a sere landscape.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sere
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Climate scientists say global warming has exacerbated southern California’s arid conditions, laying the groundwork for more frequent and worse fires and other natural disasters.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Its rigid thematic frame—an arid realm of thinly evoked abstractions—carries over into its composition.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
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Staying dry in Dry January can be hard for some participants so an ice cream company is trying to step in with some frozen encouragement.Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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MacKay’s droll speaking style failed to impress some voters but was a huge hit with his colleagues and the media because of his dry, self-deprecating sense of humor.Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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It should be kept in mind that the territory the cession of which is provided for is largely desert and very sparsely inhabited.Anonymous, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2011
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The ban covers the non-desert regions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties and most of Orange County and prohibits outdoor and residential burning of wood and manufactured logs.Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
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In France, come thirsty as there’s a great new spot in an underserved wine region and One&Only, that benchmark for luxe worldwide, will make its foray stateside in an unexpected location (though one that’s a typically canny choice).Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2025
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There's also Sea Salt, an oyster bar; Domaine South, which overlooks Big Spring Park; Purveyor; The Standard Social Market; Revivalist; La Esquina Cocina; and MELT, all of which keep hungry (and thirsty) visitors coming back for more.Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
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While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
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Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
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“Sere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sere. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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