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Recent Examples of vegetation
In the San Luis Valley, ranchers have long spread water over their grasslands when temperatures start to freeze to create a sheet of ice over the vegetation.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said arson investigators arrested a 28-year-old man from Sacramento for allegedly igniting a vegetation fire in Shasta County last week.
—Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 17 June 2026
First, hot temperatures increase the atmosphere’s demand for moisture, meaning the rate at which the air can evaporate moisture from the land and vegetation.
—Mukesh Kumar, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
She has been coddled and cloistered within her city, but the spreading vegetation interferes with that way of life.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said arson investigators arrested a 28-year-old man from Sacramento for allegedly igniting a vegetation fire in Shasta County last week.
—Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 17 June 2026
First, hot temperatures increase the atmosphere’s demand for moisture, meaning the rate at which the air can evaporate moisture from the land and vegetation.
—Mukesh Kumar, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
She has been coddled and cloistered within her city, but the spreading vegetation interferes with that way of life.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vegetation
Noun
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Even minor sparks or drifting embers can incite nearby foliage or grass, setting off a rapidly spreading fire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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Wait to cut back healthy foliage until the fall.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Barnacles, mussels, clams, algae and other warm-seawater-dwelling fauna and flora have latched onto oil tankers hundreds of massive oil tankers anchored in the Persian Gulf over the past several months.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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Upon returning to Brazil, Burle Marx began collecting tropical and subtropical species with rare intensity, eventually transforming his home outside Rio into a living archive of Brazilian flora, more than 3,500 plants strong.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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“Vegetation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegetation. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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