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Recent Examples of topsoil
But that assertion appears to conflict with previous analyses that show dangerous levels of chemicals even after the federal cleanup workers clear a layer of topsoil.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Industrial farming has utterly devastated native ecosystems across the Midwest and completely removed at least a quarter of the topsoil in the Corn Belt.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
Business leaders have privatized the benefits our planet provides and socialized the costs of its destruction, impacting communities that now face biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, extreme weather, and the loss of healthy topsoil.
—Rose Marcario, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Erosion control is another critical aspect of protecting water, as erosion leads to the loss of topsoil and contributes to leaching.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Industrial farming has utterly devastated native ecosystems across the Midwest and completely removed at least a quarter of the topsoil in the Corn Belt.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
Business leaders have privatized the benefits our planet provides and socialized the costs of its destruction, impacting communities that now face biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, extreme weather, and the loss of healthy topsoil.
—Rose Marcario, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Erosion control is another critical aspect of protecting water, as erosion leads to the loss of topsoil and contributes to leaching.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topsoil
Noun
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Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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Carrots need a loose loam or sandy soil and plenty of moisture.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Collectively, these leftovers become part of the humus of the soil, helping retain water and support soil-dwelling microbes, invertebrates and roots.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Burnt soil has obviously lost any mulch that had been present as well as the layer of decomposing organic material or humus just below it.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Phosphorus is notoriously slow to dissolve, and because of their microscopic particle sizes, clays tend to hold the phosphorus tightly.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
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The storm had loosened the piece of clay from a nearby cliff face.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The gravel road leading up to the crossing near Mendon was too steep, according to the NTSB report.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2025
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The walk over here had taken me three hours, trudging uphill on a gravel road.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s a bedroom on this floor and a small mud room off the main entrance connects to the garage.—
Michael Kaminer,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Peruse hiking apps and blogs for recent reviews from hikers who might mention mud.—
Amelia Arvesen,
Outside Online,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The white sand Beach is also a hot spot for surfers and a popular spot for those driving the Road to Hana that’s located at mile 9.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There also are fat bikes designed for sand and snow.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the earlier days of the public A.I. race, OpenAI seemed to be to A.I. what Facebook was to social networking: a single American product for everyone on earth.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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But officials in this second Trump administration, including the President himself, see it as a waste of an enormously valuable resource given that U.S. coal reserves far exceed those of any other nation on earth.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Topsoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topsoil. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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