evaporation
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Soil is like a type of reservoir - those stores are depleted by thirsty trees and plants, and evaporation during hot temperatures.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Like many European countries, the Netherlands has been hit by a historic summer drought caused by a prolonged dry spell, exceptional heat and intense evaporation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
This type of lithium removal is different from traditional hardrock mining or evaporation ponds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Many interesting facts are dispensed in passing: During the summer in Texas, Mr. Smil informs us, an 800-square-foot swimming pool will lose about 185 gallons of water a day to evaporation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Between that and evaporation, most pools are now totally empty.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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
But there are undoubtedly other complications besides the evaporations from the soil and the relative humidity of the air to be considered in making an enquiry into the causes of good and bad scent.
From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs
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
When Funk first studied this substance he conducted all his evaporations in vacuo from fear that higher temperatures would prove destructive.
From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy
Vocabulary lists containing evaporation
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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