earthen

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Or it could simply indicate that collectors feel safer splurging on a household-name artist like Rembrandt, a Renaissance man famed for his pensive, realistic self-portraits in earthen hues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 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

Loescher and Dente had hoped to discuss the possibility of rebuilding homes in the Altadena area with earthen materials that aren’t clearly adopted in the state residential building code.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

Mr Ambekar says that portions of an earthen rampart believed to have been built by the region's first settlers exists even today.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

Within the temple snugly under the roof sat two small, solemn figures, earthen, for they were formed from the earth of the fields about the temple.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck