moist
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Water vapor tracking simulations showed that the dipole circulation directed moist air from the midlatitude Indian Ocean toward East Antarctica and allowed more atmospheric rivers to reach the continent.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Thunderstorms are caused by what is known as convective activity, where moist air close to the ground warms rapidly and rises quickly.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was dark and deeply moist, a little earthy without tasting particularly of vegetables, and studded throughout with hunks of chocolate.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The oil-based recipe yielded an airy yet moist crumb that was not overwhelmingly sweet—something true of all of Ms. de Ferrier’s cakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Then I begin to wonder if the walls deeper in the tunnel might be moist.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
A higher dew point means the air is moister and thus will feel muggier.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
The two systems spin like a pair of intermeshed gears, drawing warmer, moister air up from the mid-Atlantic Ocean into the Arctic, leading to downpours of rain in Svalbard.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
"Where they grow in California, it's cooler and moister than you would typically envisage California to be," he explained.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
“A moister air mass has moved over much of the Klamath today which should moderate fire behavior on any new starts,” the forest service said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
It was all familiar, the scent of the hedges and the earth and the air, so much cooler and moister than in the south.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
She and her son Eric make the cakes from a recipe Doan perfected many years ago: a fluffy cream cheese frosting covered in coconut flakes enrobes the moistest sponge in existence.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
Old-man’s beard lichen is completely surprising, too, draped from tree branches in the moistest forests.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Better yet, the juices will have redistributed and you'll be looking at the tenderest, moistest turkey of your life.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2021
They do well alike in mountain pastures and amid the herbage of the moistest plainland.
From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
A. Because it contains in it the moistest parts of the living creature: and also that the brain may be defended thereby, as with a shield.
