driest
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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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
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
Saturday will start cold and frosty with the whole of the UK seeing some sunshine and should be the driest day for a good while.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Wildfires have severely impacted south-central Chile in recent years, especially in its warmest and driest months of January and February.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Africa is the only continent to extend from the northern to the southern temperate zone, while also encompassing some of the world’s driest deserts, largest tropical rain forests, and highest equatorial mountains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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