as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
a beautiful, verdant field
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Recent Examples of verdant
Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters looks beyond the leaves and branches to how our verdant neighbors perceive our world, offering a plant’s eye view of life.
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Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Against this verdant backdrop, Williams reflected on the motivations behind her unique beauty line.
—Sasha Pinto, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Against the gray sky, the verdant greens, grays and browns of the landscape stand out along the roadside.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Designed by the architect behind Le Royal Mansour in Marrakech, this villa called Wings on Virgin Gorda’s Oil Nut Bay sleeps up to 18 people and features pod-like structures tiered along the verdant hillside.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
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Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Against this verdant backdrop, Williams reflected on the motivations behind her unique beauty line.
—Sasha Pinto, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Against the gray sky, the verdant greens, grays and browns of the landscape stand out along the roadside.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Designed by the architect behind Le Royal Mansour in Marrakech, this villa called Wings on Virgin Gorda’s Oil Nut Bay sleeps up to 18 people and features pod-like structures tiered along the verdant hillside.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verdant
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This six-day trip is rated level 3/4 and explores the lush mountain pastures of Alpe di Siusi and Alpe Seceda, set against the iconic Sassolungo Peak.Everett Potter, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Four outdoor terrace lounges, exclusive to Island Tower guests, are built right into the tower with lush landscaping and stunning scenery.Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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New wood will feel flexible and look more green than brown.Heather Bien, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Tangent The weekend will bring the Geminid meteor shower, expected to light up the sky with dozens of shooting stars—some shining green and purple—every hour.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The menu, too, is very grown up—fundamentally Italian, as much of the cooking in the Tarlow universe is, and built around a live-fire oven that crackles in the open kitchen, which fills the front section of one of the restaurant’s two rooms.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, Modern Family followed the extended Dunphy family, including patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill), his two grown kids Claire and Mitchell (Ferguson), as well as their spouses and kids.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
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In terms of actual whole foods, almonds, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, and green leafy vegetables such as spinach and chard also have a high vitamin E content and are therefore among the best foods to eat for eye health.Maria Berentzen, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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My salads include dark leafy greens like spinach or kale, and baked tofu or a serving of black beans for protein.Renée Onque, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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Parts of the dense, equatorial mainland, as well as the islands that lay off the shore of the nascent capital, Cayenne, would be turned into labor camps and prisons for the most serious criminal offenders in mainland France.Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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Photo : Will Myers The swimming pool is positioned below the house, where it’s surrounded by dense greenery.Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Verdant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verdant. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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