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Recent Examples of weedy
Avoid Boxelder Trees As their name suggests, these bugs love boxelder trees, a weedy type of maple native to North America.
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Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
For years, nearby residents came to this isolated corner of the lakefront to take walks and find comfort in the solitude and often unkept beach and weedy woodland behind it.
—Michael McColly, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Three or four of them had swung into a weedy draw about 75 yards ahead of us.
—H. R. Temple, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2025
In Ohio’s largest city, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has extra cause to celebrate thanks to four male weedy seadragons, each one bearing a huge bundle of eggs tucked along their tails.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
For years, nearby residents came to this isolated corner of the lakefront to take walks and find comfort in the solitude and often unkept beach and weedy woodland behind it.
—Michael McColly, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Three or four of them had swung into a weedy draw about 75 yards ahead of us.
—H. R. Temple, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2025
In Ohio’s largest city, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has extra cause to celebrate thanks to four male weedy seadragons, each one bearing a huge bundle of eggs tucked along their tails.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weedy
Adjective
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This lush faux Norfolk pine garland features a more irregular, layered look for an organic feel.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
5 Nov. 2025
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The home sits in McClintock Woods, a neighborhood known for its lush tree canopy.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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This could make for an intriguing shootout between Maye and Baker Mayfield, who is playing the best ball of his career and has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers off to a 6-2 start despite rampant injuries along his offensive line and wide receiving unit.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Comparisons to the work of the Coen brothers were rampant and not always positive.—
Claire McNear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Turnout remains low Still ― even with an uptick, most Detroiters are still sitting municipal elections out, with fewer than 1 in 4 voters casting ballots in one of the city’s most important elections, many of them in the city’s most stable and prosperous neighborhoods.—
Nancy Kaffer,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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That makes the health and sustainability of our cities critical to creating a prosperous future.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Even at full sprint, the characters are moving at a relatively normal speed, with levels designed to be smaller, yet dense, to reduce the amount of backtracking and desperate ping-ponging all over the map.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, a nutrient-dense diet is a healthy eating plan in which most of your nutritional needs are met by 85% of the calories consumed.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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An informal cut, perhaps, though the top’s material — a luxuriant silk crepe — helped elevate the look.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Beyond it is a three-hectare haven of silvery olive trees, luxuriant Washingtonia palms, and lawns where peacocks wander freely.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Weedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weedy. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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