Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for branchlets
Noun
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Then, without warning, colors start rippling across its skin — flashes of deep crimson, bursts of mottled brown, rapid shifts in texture — while its eyes dart and its limbs twitch.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026 -
However, no tree limbs fell on his property during the storm.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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My previous shoots had involved haphazardly dragging equipment across town, stopping every few feet to pant.—
Lena Dunham,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Its 17% revenue decline was such a black eye on its prior earnings report that the market didn’t even care about green shoots in North America.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The day was otherwise cheerful; sunshine dappled through evergreen boughs.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Then use dead leaves, small boughs, or wood chips to fill in open spaces and make the bottom layer roughly level with the stump.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As K-pop spurs franchises, copycat spinoffs and big studio blockbusters, the system that propelled K-culture’s rise could stumble if its authenticity starts to waver.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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Males carry venomous spurs on their hind legs.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Consider shopping around online, then, as online banks and lending institutions tend to offer more competitive rates on these accounts compared to what banks with physical branches often do.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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His ethos is guided by the idea that physical appearance trumps all else, though its offshoots venture into sexist, misogynistic and racist philosophies.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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Bernhard’s barely contained incestuous desires (The Loser is only one of a suite of works about brother-sister love and hate, alongside Correction, The Lime Works, and Concrete) are the product of individual psychologies run amok and turned back on themselves, the offshoots of artistic monomania.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Branchlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branchlets. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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