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as in gusty
marked by strong wind or more wind than usual one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees

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Subscribe now As firefighters contended with another day of dry, windy conditions, residents continued to confront their losses and the pain of not being able to return home. Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025 Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025 With more dry and windy conditions expected this week, sadly, all of those numbers could rise. The Editors, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025 Deadly wildfires have left parts of Southern California devastated -- and the danger is not over, with more windy weather predicted and red flag warnings extended through Wednesday. Geoffrey Eisler, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for windy 

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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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