arid zone

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either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain

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Words nearby arid zone

arid, aridification, aridisol, aridity, aridity index, arid zone, Ariège, ariel, Aries, arietta, arigato

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Strong currents and winds, however, mean any debris could be drifting up to 31 miles a day eastward, away from the impact zone.
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For instance, Best Buy has over 40 million members in its customer loyalty program, Reward Zone.
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By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.
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South Korean activists are already planning to loft them over the Demilitarized Zone in balloons.
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Among the scores of bystanders watching their small town turn into war zone was a Marine veteran who was close with Stone.
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Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
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When well stained, a delicate hyaline peripheral zone can be distinguished.
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A plaque upon a red corpuscle is surrounded by a colorless zone rather than by a distinct blue body.
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Death, to do him justice, he had met with none of the cowardice he had vaunted, and consistently with his arid cynical soul.
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It was of a cylindrical shape, having a deep zone at the equator, and a containing capacity of about 300 feet.
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