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barren

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /




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Next weekend this place is gonna be barren.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

The partners leased their first of three parcels of barren flatland for around $25,000 a month, anchored by a dilapidated ranch house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

In both cases, they create warm, nutrient-rich pockets in the otherwise cold and barren deep ocean.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The terrain might look dry, dusty and seems rather barren, but it's far from that.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

I wasn’t exactly eavesdropping, but before I got all the way out the door and past the porch window, I heard her say something about being afraid she was barren.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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