driest
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Dredging allows more water to flow through the delta without flooding, so water officials can keep reservoirs full—brimming with water they can release later in the year, even in the driest summer months.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
New research reveals that life beneath the surface of one of the driest places on Earth is far more resilient and diverse than many scientists expected.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
In 2025, Scotland had its driest start to the year in six decades, with rainfall at just 59% of normal levels.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Wildfires have severely impacted south-central Chile in recent years, especially in its warmest and driest summer months of January and February.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Australia is by far the driest, smallest, flattest, most infertile, climatically most unpredictable, and biologically most impoverished continent.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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