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as in blooms
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
in the full blossom of her career as a writer
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as in unfolds
to produce flowers
the fruit tree seemed to blossom overnight once the warm spring weather arrived
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Recent Examples of blossoms
Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The strangers spend the day wandering down the movie's eponymous street while a vibrant chemistry blossoms between them.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
What could be a quirky premise blossoms into a deeply humane exploration of belonging, identity and emotional labor.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Monroe, tasked with embodying Cherry’s transformation, gives a quietly affecting performance that blossoms into something radiant as her bond with Hero strengthens.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Doing so later in the season could mean removing next year’s blossoms since flowers bloom on old wood.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
While Mare blossoms quickly under his guidance, the rest lag doltishly behind, using journalism as a pretext to confront an ex, or getting duped by some teens into writing a credulous account of a preposterous youth trend.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Plentiful winter and spring rains and moderately cool evening temperatures resulted in a bounty of apple blossoms.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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For the Sandhills, June is a prime time to see early blossoms, while August through September brings fields of sunflowers and asters.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The strangers spend the day wandering down the movie's eponymous street while a vibrant chemistry blossoms between them.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
What could be a quirky premise blossoms into a deeply humane exploration of belonging, identity and emotional labor.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Monroe, tasked with embodying Cherry’s transformation, gives a quietly affecting performance that blossoms into something radiant as her bond with Hero strengthens.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Doing so later in the season could mean removing next year’s blossoms since flowers bloom on old wood.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
While Mare blossoms quickly under his guidance, the rest lag doltishly behind, using journalism as a pretext to confront an ex, or getting duped by some teens into writing a credulous account of a preposterous youth trend.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Plentiful winter and spring rains and moderately cool evening temperatures resulted in a bounty of apple blossoms.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blossoms
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But in galloping-paced, high-responsibility environments, burnout blooms from both the amount of work as well as the confidence people feel while doing the work.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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On that same trip, a market of simple tables with buckets of those gorgeous blooms caught their attention and ultimately pushed them to switch to cultivating dahlias, which many Southerners were unfamiliar with at the time.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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These varieties have the names of Indigenous tribes such as Muskogee and Zuni (purple flowers), Lipan (lavender flowers), and Natchez (white flowers with deep cinnamon bark).—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Her idea was expressed through a reenactment of the funeral of Achilles from the perspective of the flowers growing near his funeral pyre.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Blossoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blossoms. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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