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the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production the musical was worth seeing just for the elaborate scenery

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Recent Examples of scenery Fall is a prime time to travel with mild weather, smaller crowds, and a change of scenery as nature prepares for winter. Geoff Whitmore, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 But like a road trip where you get held up in the same stretch of land for a long time (via a breakdown, traffic, whatever reason), even the most mesmerizing, strange sights lose their intrigue if little to no variation in the scenery is reaching your eyes. Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025 Nearby, Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons offer stunning scenery and hiking trails, while Ensign Peak rewards visitors with panoramic city views. Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025 Use this dip in the mountain ridge to take in the surrounding scenery. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scenery
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  • Art is a big part of the hotel’s decor, too, from Kenny Nguyen’s silk installations in the west lobby and Alina Birkner’s paintings in the lobby bar to Miami artist Jessy Nite’s handwoven cityscapes dot the townhouses’ walls.
    Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Read on for 13 kitschy craft ideas that will add nostalgia and quirky fun to your home decor.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • Appropriators are working behind the scenes to craft a yearlong bipartisan spending plan but are likely to need another stopgap funding measure to avoid a shutdown, which will require at least seven Democrats to cross the aisle and break a 60-vote filibuster.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In January 2024, a downsizing Groupon moved to smaller digs downtown, leaving a 300,000-square-foot hole in the onetime nexus of the Chicago tech scene.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Scenery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenery. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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