unburnt
Americanadjective
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"We focused on half-burnt phytoliths from ashy layers, which can only have been brought in by people, as unburnt ones might have arrived through either means."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
DNA matching Newton was found on nail clippings taken from Mrs Crown's unburnt right hand in 2013, and they were re-examined using modern techniques 10 years later.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025
But amid the expanses of torched trees and gray soil, an unburnt island of lush green emerges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Men shirtless and barefoot, with blackened soles from ash, swept unburnt grain into piles and awaited the loader, whose driver deftly steered around twisted metal shrapnel, bits of missile and craters despite his shattered windshield.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
He squats, his open palm above the ashes, burnt and unburnt bark.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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