evaporation
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Eastward-shifting ocean evaporation generates warm air that rises into the atmosphere and then migrates north and east, gathering speed and feeding into the subtropical jet stream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
An abnormally dry winter resulted in a much-diminished snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, while the scorching temperatures of the hottest July ever recorded in the US have increased evaporation from the lake, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
But when the air is already humid, evaporation becomes less efficient.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
The combination of low rainfall and prolonged high temperatures - meaning greater evaporation of moisture - has quickly depleted water reserves in soils, vegetation and rivers.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The peril of irrigation for farmers is evaporation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
When it does, it will lead to one of the greatest evaporations of wealth in human history.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022
In orbital flights, the astronauts burn liquid oxygen as fuel and breathe its evaporations.
From Time Magazine Archive
God grant that McClellan may preserve his western vigor and activity, and may not become softened and dissolved by these Washington evaporations.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
Great are its gusts When it comes from the south; Great are its evaporations When it strikes on coasts.
From The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Sir Owen Morgan Edwards
But they always appeared like mere evaporations of real women.
From Balcony Stories by Grace E. King
Vocabulary lists containing evaporation
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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