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barren

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /




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Understanding how this wetter world transformed into the barren landscape we see now remains a major question in planetary science.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

The consistency with which Wales are reaching these stages is a far cry from the barren half a century which preceded Euro 2016.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

By Sunday, the visible snow had expanded significantly down mountain ranges into lower altitudes, and blanketed parts of the Southern Sierra that were barren just 10 days earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

She didn’t say any more, and I took the shortcut home, through the yucca plants, past the barren mango tree at the edge of Lalao’s finca.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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