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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By the time he swum back across the English Channel on 5 October, Bushby, now 57, had crossed four continents, a frozen sea, deserts, mountains and jungles.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
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
Americans are tough and have endured the hardship, and now, we’ll finally get our just deserts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
They became extinct in every habitat without exception, from deserts to cold rain forest and tropical rain forest.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
