deserts

NOUN

what is due one

Synonyms

STRONG

chastening chastisement comeuppance compensation deserving discipline disciplining due guerdon lumps meed merit payment penalty punishment recompense requital retribution return revenge reward right

WEAK

get hers get his talion what is coming to one what one is asking for

Antonyms

STRONG

award forgiveness pardon penalty reward sympathy

Example Sentences

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The solar panels and wind turbines that have popped up over swathes of sun-soaked land, from the Tibetan Plateau to Xinjiang's deserts, are part of this vision.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

New research shows that cacti are remarkably quick at forming entirely new species, revealing that deserts are far more dynamic than they may seem.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Meteorologists issued an “extreme heat watch” starting Mother’s Day morning through Tuesday evening for Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley, the deserts of San Diego County and the San Gorgonio Pass.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Even further to the west, Wu Yize's home province of Gansu - known for its deserts - is less privileged again.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

To the desert go prophets and hermits; through deserts go pil-grims and exiles.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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