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as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
an older man who still has a luxuriant head of hair
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as in fertile
producing abundantly
luxuriant soil that yields endless fields of grain
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as in luxurious
showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort
the fashion model always wore the most luxuriant outfits
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Recent Examples of luxuriant
It is also known as Damask or Damascene rose and is revered for its luxuriant scent.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
The development pre-built its luxuriant landscaping and outdoor plazas, then incorporated an indoor golf simulator, fitness center and café as tenant amenities.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
It is also known as Damask or Damascene rose and is revered for its luxuriant scent.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
Fukuda-san is perfectly bald, with a luxuriant mustache.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
The development pre-built its luxuriant landscaping and outdoor plazas, then incorporated an indoor golf simulator, fitness center and café as tenant amenities.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
It is also known as Damask or Damascene rose and is revered for its luxuriant scent.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
Fukuda-san is perfectly bald, with a luxuriant mustache.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luxuriant
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That hair is lush, chestnut, wavy, long enough to cover her breasts—but why would this woman hide those?—
Weike Wang,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Beyond the shore, rent a Mehari to explore the island's lush interior, where goats roam the mountainside.—
Nicky Swallow,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Aug. 2025
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Neither the dangerously rampant mental health afflictions among military folk nor the dehumanization and exploitation of undocumented people have gone unexplored in American cinema.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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By contrast, October 8, which documents the rampant antisemitism seen on university and college campuses since Oct. 7, found its distributor in December 2024 after premiering at a Creative Artists Agency event two months prior.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps the most fertile ground for projects merging beauty and jewelry is in high perfumery, as fragrance bottles can double as objets d’art.—
Milena Lazazzera,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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From a coconut farm to the Queen City Nguyen was born in the Ben Tre province and grew up on a coconut farm in the Mekong Delta, a fertile, roadless region characterized by its rivers and rich agriculture.—
Virginia Brown,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Aug. 2025
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Today, international journalists are largely barred from Gaza, and their luxurious refuge from the dying and grieving has disappeared.—
Book Marks
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Consider the seventeenth-century icon that showed him with, in addition to luxurious robes, human hands, and flowing locks, an unmistakable snout.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Aug. 2025
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Limited to 250 pieces in each colorway (black or green), the DeepQUEST Protector is housed in a monobloc titanium case rated to 1,000 meters of water resistance.—
Matthew Catellier,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The mood was celebratory, with the smoke of colored flares — green, yellow, red — surrounding the marchers.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Three or four of them had swung into a weedy draw about 75 yards ahead of us.—
H. R. Temple,
Outdoor Life,
16 July 2025
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Your neighbors probably won't be bothered by your weedy flower beds or rusty lawn furniture.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 July 2025
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In 2024, SpaceX conducted a record-breaking 134 orbital launches, more than double the amount of launches done by the next most prolific launch provider, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, according to science and technology consulting firm BryceTech.—
Magdalena Petrova,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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Prater is a billionaire philanthropist who secretly collects trophies from famous serial killers and hosts gatherings for the most prolific of them.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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These albums began the series of ace archival projects over the past decade, starting with the pivotal deluxe editions of Sgt. Pepper and the White Album, as well as films like Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years, Beatles ’64, and Peter Jackson’s Get Back.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
21 Aug. 2025
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Boasting 13 tracks and an additional 12 tracks across several deluxe versions, Swift's 10th album smashed streaming records for both the highest single day and the highest single week while also selling one million copies in its debut week.—
Nicole Sands,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Luxuriant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luxuriant. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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