as in forest
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Recent Examples of thicket
Any new leadership will inherit not just a broken state but also a thicket of challenges that defy simple solutions.
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Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
In Taipei, the city’s trendy coffee shops are full and its famous night markets are bustling beneath a thicket of skyscrapers.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
The buck held back for a bit, until 10 more does emerged from a thicket and walked straight to the food pile.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Dec. 2024
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The new study attempts to avoid that thicket.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
In Taipei, the city’s trendy coffee shops are full and its famous night markets are bustling beneath a thicket of skyscrapers.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
The buck held back for a bit, until 10 more does emerged from a thicket and walked straight to the food pile.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Dec. 2024
Read More: Ghost Busted: When Science Meets Paranormal Activity
Examining Attitudes About the Paranormal
The new study attempts to avoid that thicket.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thicket
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Newsom has faced criticism for cutting the state's funding for wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million last year, while overall increasing the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's wildfire protection budget.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Programs include a trivia night, a meet and greet with the two mascots and forest management hikes.—
Annie Alleman,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
7 Sep. 2023
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In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2023
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Western monarchs rely on overwintering groves along the California coast, some of which are now proposed to be designated as critical habitat for the species.—
Sharmeen Morrison,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Sylmar is yet another Los Angeles, remote and rugged, far to the north in the San Fernando Valley, an arid swath of ranches and working-class suburbs once known for its groves of olive trees.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
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Look at nature and consider the fact that although bushfires destroy, there are certain bushes that only grow as a result of that bushfire.—
Simone Milasas,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The key is to ensure the plants and bushes aren't touching each other and the house, acting like a highway for the flames.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
17 Jan. 2025
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Southern California is dominated by shrublands known as chaparral.—
Hannah Singleton,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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Phillip, 48, went outside and hiked into the gullies to cut away brush and chaparral until there was nothing flammable left within several hundred feet of the house.—
Eli Saslow,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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The diplomatic tangle was particularly complicated for Italy, which is a historic ally of Washington but maintains good relations with Tehran.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Letting the roast simmer for hours in a mixture of pickled jalapeño brine and fish sauce yields a fall-apart tangle of meat that’s wildly good on soft rolls or over piles of rice.—
Margaux Laskey,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thicket. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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