as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
the backyard's leafy bushes look nice, but have a tendency to attract deer
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Recent Examples of leafy
Treatments for abnormal ferritin levels may include eating iron-rich foods like lean salmon, leafy green vegetables, and beans.
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Bowery, a vertical farming startup focused on producing lettuce and other leafy greens, is shutting down, despite having raised more than $700 million in venture capital.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
These Were the Earliest Signs By Alice Oglethorpe While docs generally recommend eating tons of fruits, leafy veggies, and whole grains to offset period symptoms, there’s one nutrient especially that might be worth consuming: calcium.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Nov. 2024
Eat healthy with leafy vegetables and a plethora of fresh fruits and vegetables.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Bowery, a vertical farming startup focused on producing lettuce and other leafy greens, is shutting down, despite having raised more than $700 million in venture capital.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
These Were the Earliest Signs By Alice Oglethorpe While docs generally recommend eating tons of fruits, leafy veggies, and whole grains to offset period symptoms, there’s one nutrient especially that might be worth consuming: calcium.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Nov. 2024
Eat healthy with leafy vegetables and a plethora of fresh fruits and vegetables.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leafy
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Much of Little Brother’s songs are crafted by the use of samples, but Glasper’s band added a lush, sultry expansiveness to their catalog.William E. Ketchum III, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Created by Tony McNamara, who earned Oscar nominations for his writing work on both The Favourite and Poor Things, The Great offers the same combination of lush costumes and scenery mixed with a biting commentary on the world, and a woman’s place in it.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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This was abundantly clear in our review unit, which has a vibrant green finish.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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The biggest prize for green groups came as voters approved Proposition 4, a statewide bond measure to provide $10 billion to thin forests to reduce wildfire risk, expand parks and open spaces, and boost water recycling, groundwater storage and stream restoration for wildlife.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Wade’s grown son took the stage and said that Wade had always put fatherhood before basketball.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, her grown child is not wrong for wanting answers today.Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Oct. 2024
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Using the 16-Inch MacBook Pro: The Most Specialized MacBook Primarily a desktop replacement or workstation, the 16-inch MacBook Pro is surprisingly dense if you’re otherwise used to tossing around a lithe MacBook Air.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Reading this dense yet miraculously seductive book becomes an experience like Hans Castorp’s interlude on the mountain.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Leafy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafy. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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