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earthen

[ur-thuhn] / ˈɜr θən /


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Tell me about the earthen colors in your collections.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

On the riverbank, local resident Ahmad Saadoun pointed at a temporary earthen bridge that collapsed.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

What survives of this ancient city today includes two long rows of rectangular earthen mounds, each about a meter high.

From Science Daily Dec. 5, 2025

An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

The Greeks pitched in to help them raise the earthen walls and dig the trenches.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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