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 The 40 million beneficiaries of the Colorado River basin, including most Californians, will have to do more with less as global warming causes more and deeper droughts. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Mild impacts locally While other parts of the world will have to contend with flooding and droughts, Chicago and the Midwest will likely only experience mild impacts, Ford said. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2026 Normally dry areas can experience flooding rains, and wet areas can suffer droughts. — Gary Griggs, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026 Human water use and recent droughts mean that less water is reaching the lake. — Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Twenty-four teams that lead their regions or have the same number of losses as the region leader, can break droughts of 10 years or longer without region championships. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Rising temperatures and severe droughts have shrunk pastures. — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026 But extreme weather conditions, such as droughts, heavy rainfall or heat, can affect the timeline of the color change—and scientists are still trying to understand exactly how and why. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 But the 2026 El Niño, accelerated by climate change, has ballooned into the largest on record, causing intense heat waves, floods and droughts throughout the world. — Luke Parker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Oct. 2026

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They were frustrated with teacher shortages and poor conditions at schools, including overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated buildings.

— James Cirrone , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The movement, which began over staffing shortages at one high school, has grown to include students and workers demanding better schools, higher wages and pensions.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

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