evaporation

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Recent Examples of evaporation The ocean's life-giving gift can be felt as far away from the coast as the Serengeti savannah and the Amazon forest, where a rich biodiversity is dependent on seasonal rains created by the evaporation of ocean moisture into the atmosphere. Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025 Even though streamflow is dominant, the increase in evaporation was necessary to reach the record low. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 Higher temperatures thus boost evaporation, with two apparently opposing results—fiercer rains and deeper droughts. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025 The fabs will lose 2.9 million gallons of that amount to evaporation and send 1.3 million back to the sewer. Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for evaporation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporation
Noun
  • According to Power Plant Efficiency, natural gas and oil power plants operate between 33% - 60% and 30% respectively due to heat dissipation.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • While diamond's heat dissipation is widely recognized, achieving better charge transport has been the bottleneck.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • His passing is more incisive, his ‘pre-orientation’ the best of any Palace player.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
  • After his passing in 2021, Lambert's daughters moved her to an assisted living facility, and eventually to a memory care wing.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Marsh said the faculty was promised a conversation about the dissolution of the school.
    Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • And then, with the dissolution of Stewart-Haas Racing this past offseason, THR acquired one of SHR’s former four Cup charters and signed SVG to the open car.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Evaporation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporation. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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