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Recent Examples of bough
Hollywood's biggest names decked the halls with boughs of holly and enjoyed the Christmas holiday on Wednesday.
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
If the fates allow / Hang a shining star upon the highest bough / And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Take a stroll through Condé Nast’s halls, where staffers draw inspiration from the spring/summer 2025 collections and replace boughs of holly with knickknacks and doodads dangling from their everyday bags.
—Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
And yes, while the ever-present joyful music, bright lights, pine boughs, discounts and holiday events make people want to shop this time of year, marketing messages are also key to these sales.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
If the fates allow / Hang a shining star upon the highest bough / And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Take a stroll through Condé Nast’s halls, where staffers draw inspiration from the spring/summer 2025 collections and replace boughs of holly with knickknacks and doodads dangling from their everyday bags.
—Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
And yes, while the ever-present joyful music, bright lights, pine boughs, discounts and holiday events make people want to shop this time of year, marketing messages are also key to these sales.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bough
Noun
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Like several quasi-independent regulatory agencies in the executive branch, the STB consists of five partisan board members with staggered five-year terms who oversee a staff.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Prepare to witness dense clusters of these delicate creatures covering every branch.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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People with the infection can require intensive medical care, and even limb amputation, and 1 in 5 people with the infection die.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The skeleton was nearly complete, missing only the tail and some limb bones, and the skull was in such good condition that its teeth still bore a coating of enamel, Novas said.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Bough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bough. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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