woodlot

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Recent Examples of woodlot For example, forested areas and woodlots with acorns can concentrate deer. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023 Three mosquitoes carrying the parasite that causes malaria were collected from the same woodlot, Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services told CBS News in a statement. Alexander Tin, CBS News, 29 June 2023 In recent years, Ms. Young has been approached by private woodlot owners looking for guidance. Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022 For the second time in the past 15 years, Colleen Watson watched this summer as beavers flooded a 100-acre woodlot in the Atlantic province of New Brunswick that her grandfather, a blacksmith, took as payment from a customer during the Great Depression. New York Times, 20 Nov. 2021 See all Example Sentences for woodlot 
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Noun
  • Four Seasons Hotel Miami With a fresh, modern look, this Four-Star gem remains the definitive hub for Miami’s power crowd and business travelers, providing a tropical haven amid a bustling urban center with its grove of overwater hammocks.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Harvested olives on the ground at the Bustan El Zeitoun grove.
    Anagha Subhash Nair, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Nevertheless, the writing is clearly on the wall: Ballooning U.S. debt and geopolitical tensions all point to the need for a strong hedge.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Perched atop a ridge amid a roughly half-acre parcel of land, the stone, glass, and redwood structure is tucked away behind gates and high hedges and fronted by a spacious motorcourt with room for up to nine vehicles.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Gradually forests and bogs give way to more salt-tolerant thickets.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The harrowing true story of the lions, which raided tents in the camp at night and dragged victims into the thicket, has inspired movies and books over the years — and copious research to understand what drove them to prey on humans.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Zach Bryan returns to Glendale, Arizona, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, for a two-night stand at Desert Diamond Arena, a venue Bryan sold out in 2023, on his Quittin’ Time Tour 2024.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
  • There's also a stand version to keep your device propped up.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Woodlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodlot. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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