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Recent Examples of arboretum
Earlier this week, my wife and I took Peter to an after-school program at a nearby arboretum.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
The Chanhassen arboretum features on its western side eight miles of looping trails groomed for hiking and snowshoeing and several more miles of ungroomed trails.
—Andy Rathbun, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
The arboretum showcases seven different regions of Mexico to celebrate its heritage with displays made completely by pumpkins, gourds and squashes and sculptures by Oaxacan artists Jacobo and María Ángeles.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
According to the nonprofit, the expansion project will add 10 acres with new spaces for education and gathering as well as an arboretum and an accessible event lawn.
—Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2025
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
The Chanhassen arboretum features on its western side eight miles of looping trails groomed for hiking and snowshoeing and several more miles of ungroomed trails.
—Andy Rathbun, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
The arboretum showcases seven different regions of Mexico to celebrate its heritage with displays made completely by pumpkins, gourds and squashes and sculptures by Oaxacan artists Jacobo and María Ángeles.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
According to the nonprofit, the expansion project will add 10 acres with new spaces for education and gathering as well as an arboretum and an accessible event lawn.
—Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arboretum
Noun
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Beloved opens in Ohio in 1873, a decade after Emancipation, though half of the novel is a flashback to life on a plantation in Kentucky in the 1850s.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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The festival has previously welcomed more than 1,000 guests from around 80 countries, with attendees participating in auctions and touring tobacco plantations.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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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 22 Feb. 2026.
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