precipitation

Example Sentences

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The situation has been intensified by historic drought that has shifted precipitation patterns.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

But the extraordinary warmth across the West this winter, which broke records in many areas, brought more precipitation falling as rain instead of snow.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

The findings also show that broad ecological patterns, such as precipitation gradients and the influence of altitude, remain detectable even under extreme conditions and can be observed at the genetic level.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

This seasonal force has maintained its presence in NYC’s modern-era winters, coming out with shovels and vests and bells on the now-rarer, but no-less-stultifying occasions of heavier ice and precipitation in Gotham.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

I put my life at hazard there, which some might account valor; but I knew it for the rashness of despair, the precipitation of utter despondence.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson