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as in forest
often woods plural
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
deer and mountain lions live in those woods
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Recent Examples of wood
With the snake, wood creates a sense of adaptability and transformation.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
This will be the year of the wood snake, or the cyan-colored snake, which meant brands were at liberty to explore colors other than the auspicious red.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Using shingles, or small wood pieces installed in an overlapping rhythm, was a less costly and easier-to-maintain option than clapboard and other cladding options of the time.
—Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
The kitchen features natural wood custom cabinetry, stone counters and open shelving.
—Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
This will be the year of the wood snake, or the cyan-colored snake, which meant brands were at liberty to explore colors other than the auspicious red.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Using shingles, or small wood pieces installed in an overlapping rhythm, was a less costly and easier-to-maintain option than clapboard and other cladding options of the time.
—Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
The kitchen features natural wood custom cabinetry, stone counters and open shelving.
—Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for wood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wood
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Duties on lumber from Canada had already risen to 14.4% this summer after the expiration of a U.S.-Canada agreement on softwood lumber.—
Don Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Kengo Kuma & Associates uses lumber for screens, scaffolds, and panels hung on a steel-frame pavilion.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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Women, pinned beneath heavy planks and timbers, shrieked in pain.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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And in Sydney, a giant timber retail and office space is currently under construction.—
Maddy Savage,
TIME,
18 Jan. 2025
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Snowdrops are perennials, perfect for naturalizing and planting in rock gardens, at the edges of woodlands, or forced indoors in containers.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Jan. 2025
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The other, in the woodlands north of Mount Shasta near the Oregon border, will be the Sáttítla National Monument.—
Lisa Friedman,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Wood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wood. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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