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driest

American

[drahy-ist] / ˈdraɪ ɪst /

adjective

superlative of dry.

driest British

/ ˈdraɪɪst /

adjective

a superlative of dry

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There were extremely wet winters in 2022 and 2023, followed by one of the driest periods on record in the fall and winter of 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Agriculture along Peru's coast has always been difficult because the region is among the driest environments on Earth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

The UK saw its hottest summer on record, as well as the driest spring in England since 1893.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

They are exceptionally lovely; even the driest of his working drawings—for example, the construction details for an iron bookstand—exult in line and color in a way utterly alien to modern practice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

We got a drink of tea-brown water, and I rummaged through the duffel for the driest change of clothes I could find.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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