oasis
noun
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
oases
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pluralof oasis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But the war is hitting their core business proposition—being oases of stability within a volatile region—and delivering a blow to efforts to diversify their economies beyond energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Cholla gardens and brittlebush rise from pale alluvial slopes, and a seasonal stream leads to one of California’s few native fan palm oases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Such bubbles of longing buoy most love stories, although they're employed as sparing oases between expositional expanses.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
That was also the case in North Africa, where the grasslands, forests, and lakes favored by humans disappeared, causing them to retreat to areas like the mountains, oases, and the Nile Delta.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
The lines of vegetation along their banks are like oases, fertile places where people can farm in an otherwise almost lifeless land.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
