as in dry
marked by little or no precipitation or humidity
cacti prefer a nearly waterless environment
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Recent Examples of waterless
While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
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Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
—Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
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Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
—Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
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Meanwhile, Southern California's climate continues to ping-pong between unseasonably wet conditions, which grow vegetation and unseasonably dry conditions which dry all that out into fire fuel.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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According to one study, even in the extremely dry Martian atmosphere, the climatic conditions inside the volcanoes' craters are such that frost can form even though it's never been found elsewhere on Mars – even at the poles.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
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Food stocks Investors aren’t hungry or thirsty for these names so far in 2025.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2025
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Summer Fridays keeps thirsty skin (and airplanes’ recycled air) in mind with their revitalizing spray to quench dryness during travels.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
17 Dec. 2024
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Fire crews moved fast, throwing heavy resources at the fires as Santa Ana winds delivered a big, direct hit on San Diego County, arriving from the east-northeast before dawn and whooshing largely unfettered through arid mountain passes and canyons.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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And precipitation in arid environments is infrequent.—
Jason Bittel,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Waterless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterless. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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