as in woodland
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
the endless forest that the first European settlers encountered
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Recent Examples of forest
The whole sequence was shot in the forest with John Turturro on a day that just happened to be extremely foggy.
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Runnemede, where Blevins is from, is about a 55-mile drive northwest from the state forest where Hughes’ remains were discovered.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2025
The controversial decision allows litigants to block restoration projects by requiring duplicative analysis at both the project level and the forest plan level any time new information emerges about an endangered or threatened species in that forest.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Related Stories Fire rages in the forest one night when the village’s de facto guardian Maxim (Willem Dafoe), and his troupe of gun-toting child troglodytes trained in his image, hunt the Ochi (humans blame them for the disappearance of farm animals).
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Runnemede, where Blevins is from, is about a 55-mile drive northwest from the state forest where Hughes’ remains were discovered.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2025
The controversial decision allows litigants to block restoration projects by requiring duplicative analysis at both the project level and the forest plan level any time new information emerges about an endangered or threatened species in that forest.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Related Stories Fire rages in the forest one night when the village’s de facto guardian Maxim (Willem Dafoe), and his troupe of gun-toting child troglodytes trained in his image, hunt the Ochi (humans blame them for the disappearance of farm animals).
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Forest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forest. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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