arboretum

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Recent Examples of arboretum Pumnea and his crew decided to lay down ice on the arboretum's fitness trail. CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 Some workshops are included with the price of admission to the arboretum. Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026 Can Llambi The villa in Tuscany where Alex and Poppy have the falling out that nearly ends their friendship is also on the Costa Brava in the town of Panedes, about 45 minutes east of the arboretum near the coast town of Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026 Earlier this week, my wife and I took Peter to an after-school program at a nearby arboretum. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for arboretum
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Noun
  • Hundreds of thousands of acres, including many former rice plantations, have been conserved in the area between Beaufort and Charleston, and marshes there stretch out like coastal prairies.
    Thad Moore, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Enslaved women passed messages between plantations.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Habitat loss has been insidious — croplands have been stripped of their bordering hedgerows and old fields and woodlots have been converted to housing developments.
    Bruce Beehler, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
  • 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 14 Mar. 2026.

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