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- adjective Resembling a
desert
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Examples
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A few flat-topped buttes, colors ranging from butterscotch to vanilla, were interspersed among the desertlike stretches.
No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010
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A few flat-topped buttes, colors ranging from butterscotch to vanilla, were interspersed among the desertlike stretches.
No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010
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The area where the Sudanese said the attack occurred, near Port Sudan on the Red Sea, is an isolated, desertlike patch of eastern Sudan populated by mostly nomads and known as one of the poorest, least developed parts of a very poor, underdeveloped country.
The Sudan Airstrike Mystery - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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They left the valley, and the land rapidly turned harsh, almost desertlike.
Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009
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The area where the Sudanese said the attack occurred, near Port Sudan on the Red Sea, is an isolated, desertlike patch of eastern Sudan populated by mostly nomads and known as one of the poorest, least developed parts of a very poor, underdeveloped country.
The Sudan Airstrike Mystery - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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They left the valley, and the land rapidly turned harsh, almost desertlike.
Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009
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Exposed coastal areas support desertlike shrub communities called coastal scrub, dominated by coyote bush, California sagebrush, and bush lupine.
California Coastal Chaparral Forest and Shrub Province (Bailey) 2009
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We also tested the Cool Surge at an even drier, desertlike setting of 25 percent relative humidity, again, at 85°F.
Negligible cooling nets Cool Surge portable air cooler a Consumer Reports Don't Buy judgment 2009
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We also tested the Cool Surge at an even drier, desertlike setting of 25 percent relative humidity, again, at 85°F.
Negligible cooling nets Cool Surge portable air cooler a Consumer Reports Don't Buy judgment 2009
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They left the valley, and the land rapidly turned harsh, almost desertlike.
Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009
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