Definitions

cloud seeding

NOUN

rainmaking technique

Synonyms

WEAK

artificial nucleation nucleation rainmaking seeding

Example Sentences

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Malaysia is resorting to cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country's "rice bowl" north, where a drought has delayed planting of the staple crop and raised supply fears.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Iranian authorities have carried out several cloud seeding operations to induce rainfall in recent months and resorted to cutting off water supplies periodically to manage consumption.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Also at the party were six high-school girls from an FFA agricultural program in Tahoka, Texas, who flew in to perform a skit they wrote about cloud seeding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Wyoming agricultural interests also asked that cloud seeding be exempt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

In two other decades-old projects, the government tried but failed to manipulate hurricanes using cloud seeding, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025