DROUGHTS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

droughts

noun

variants also drouths

plural of drought

as in shortages

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number there's been a drought of good movies this year

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Recent Examples of droughts Even if El Niño’s temperature swings stayed exactly the same magnitude, its floods and droughts would still get worse in a warmer world because the hotter atmosphere holds more water vapor. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 Analysts point out that on one hand, droughts can hamper hydroelectric generation, while high temperatures raise cooling demand and strain power grids. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Climate change is making droughts more common, longer lasting and more widespread. — Shooka Bidarian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Severe droughts caused water restrictions, affecting more than a million people, from 2014-2016, and more recently in 2020. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Similar shifts around the world lead to droughts and flooding that bring disease, crop failure, wildfires and other crises that impact people's health and well-being, Cole said. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 El Niño’s warm ocean water alters the atmospheric circulation above, diverting storm tracks and changing patterns of floods, droughts and tropical storms around the globe. — Julia Cole, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 But amid a growing water crisis in the West, and periodic droughts in other parts of the country, constant water access is not a given. — Simmone Shah, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 In recent years, a growing body of research has focused on analyzing the role of climate change in worsening droughts, floods, heat waves and wildfires. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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The attacks have brought shortages for ordinary Russians, but the assaults haven’t been as deadly for Russian civilians as the attacks on Ukrainians are.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
However, some experts see higher water rates as a different part of the solution to shortages.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

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Long used in commercial kitchens for sinks and countertops, steel sinks contain chromium that provides corrosion-resistance and nickel that adds the brightness pure steel lacks.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 July 2026
The Anaheim Ducks, at least, had a lot of pace and tempo to help make up for what Carlson’s skating lacks at this point in his career.

— Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 July 2026

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