desert
noun
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
deserts
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present tense formof desert (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Its vital infrastructure, civilian airports, and Saudi Aramco oil facilities are scattered across vast, sparsely populated deserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Last year, Northwestern University identified over 212 counties out of some 3,000 in the United States as "news deserts," having no locally-based news sources such as newspapers and public radio.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
I’ve pulled together 13 fall travel ideas here, from deserts to coast with a couple of mountain destinations mixed in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The findings come as ministers have pledged to tackle so-called "dental deserts", but dentists say the current deal is not viable.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Trekkers visiting the Siberian tundra, the deserts of central Australia and the Amazonian rainforest believe that they have entered pristine landscapes, virtually untouched by human hands.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
