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Meanings of more arid in English

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Usage of more arid in English
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The country looked even more arid than before; the vegetation more dried up.
Life in Mexico
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The river will become smaller and its basin more arid.
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
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These sources are variable but could increase if some countries, such as Australia, become more arid.
Reuters
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The ground was poorer and more arid, and clumps of low brush grew here and there.
A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia
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This, although somewhat more arid, is precisely La Fontaine's story, and is contrary to the facts.
Social Life in the Insect World
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As the party approached the eastern boundary of California the mountains grew higher and the deserts more arid.
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
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As they neared the higher reaches of the Gregory, they found the country of a more arid nature.
The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
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Some people think that the climate is growing still more arid, and that the lake will eventually disappear.
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
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His very science had become more formal, his types more arid and schematic, than they used to be.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
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In more arid regions, drought could not only set off more wildfires but harm water resources and undermine agriculture.
The Guardian
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For the antelope has been found to be particularly adapted to the more arid western sections of the country.
Three Acres and Liberty
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This region is most productive towards the north, barer and more arid as we proceed southwards towards the desert.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: ...
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The vegetation being more sparse in the more arid south, naturally induces the different herds to turn in that direction.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
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It was a little hotter, because lower than yesterday; and the country is more parched, more arid, more desolate, than ever.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years ...
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Turpin's previous records displayed more arid intellect than instinct, but on We Belong Dead he allows real feeling to filter through.
The Irish Times
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Think of the days of arid administrative plodding and of contention still more arid and unrewarded, that he must have spent!
The New Machiavelli
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