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Recent Examples of arboretum
The school's arboretum and botanical garden features a bronze statue of Henson posing with Kermit.
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Leo Rocha
may 22, CBS News, 22 May 2025
Hofstra University in Nassau County, N.Y., boasts a prestigious arboretum and bird sanctuary, student housing named after Dutch cities, notable alumni like Francis Ford Coppola, and, apparently, a Chocolate Expo that recently hosted several cast members of The Brady Bunch.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 May 2025
On the other side of the lakes, the city plans to add an arboretum and botanical garden, a veterans memorial, a retail center and, eventually, a central library.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
Founded by Lady Bird Johnson and actor Helen Hayes in 1982, the 284-acre state botanic garden and arboretum is home to over 10,000 species from all across Texas, the most diverse collection of such in North America.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
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Leo Rocha
may 22, CBS News, 22 May 2025
Hofstra University in Nassau County, N.Y., boasts a prestigious arboretum and bird sanctuary, student housing named after Dutch cities, notable alumni like Francis Ford Coppola, and, apparently, a Chocolate Expo that recently hosted several cast members of The Brady Bunch.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 May 2025
On the other side of the lakes, the city plans to add an arboretum and botanical garden, a veterans memorial, a retail center and, eventually, a central library.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
Founded by Lady Bird Johnson and actor Helen Hayes in 1982, the 284-acre state botanic garden and arboretum is home to over 10,000 species from all across Texas, the most diverse collection of such in North America.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arboretum
Noun
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Just as plantation owners once claimed to know what was best for enslaved people — controlling their movement, their associations, their very thoughts — artificial intelligence systems now make similar claims about human behavior.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Although General Granger announced that all enslaved people were to be freed, enslavers and plantation owners were left to announce the news.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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For that matter, Walden is organized by thematic chapters, because there’s not much plot to Thoreau spending some time in a shack on Emerson’s woodlot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2021
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The next morning Brooks and a buddy glassed the woodlot before moving closer.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Arboretum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arboretum. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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