as in wrong
falling short of a standard
a hopelessly bush effort at creating a romantic comedy
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as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
a guide who specializes in taking adventurous tourists through the bush
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Recent Examples of bush
Carrie McCrossen,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
There’s a mahogany bar overlooking the open bush, outdoor canvas baths and a sense of old-world glamour that feels like it might have been lifted straight from a Hollywood movie.
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Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Friday by university staff in some bushes inside of the West Circle near Oxford Street.
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Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
Whether tomatoes are grown on a vine or bush also matters.
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Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
11 June 2026
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Noun
And that the only way to protect my user, DaveMacDaddy52, and DaveMacDaddy52’s Amazon packages, is to keep an unblinking eye on the front stoop—and the flagstone walkway, and the hydrangea bushes.
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Carrie McCrossen,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
There’s a mahogany bar overlooking the open bush, outdoor canvas baths and a sense of old-world glamour that feels like it might have been lifted straight from a Hollywood movie.
—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Friday by university staff in some bushes inside of the West Circle near Oxford Street.
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Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
Whether tomatoes are grown on a vine or bush also matters.
—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bush
Adjective
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Tom Kim dropped two shots at the wrong time and shot 72.
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Every traveler has a trip that went spectacularly wrong.
Noun
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The crowd behind the cause Ordinary men and women in colonial cities and the countryside are behind the screen of the declaration’s list of charges too.
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In the film’s ferocious climax, Jim is shot but escapes with Selena and Hannah, and the story closes (28 days later) back in the countryside as a jet flies over and augurs their rescue.
Adjective
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If scar tissue is too severe, if prior surgeries have left the blood supply compromised, or if a patient's goals aren't achievable without unacceptable risk, proceeding could cause irreversible damage.
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Yes, Stokes’ late night out, in the context of what went on before, was unacceptable.
Noun
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Observe black cockatoos preen in the drooping she-oaks, or marvel at the Dali-esque outback, filled with its skeletal mallee trees.
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Once the work is complete, the capsule reenters the atmosphere at some 18,000 miles per hour, parachuting down with a bump in the Australian outback.
Adjective
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Rebecca Lowe joins Dan Patrick to discuss some of the top storylines around the World Cup, including Cristiano Ronaldo's poor play to start, the United States' potential and more.
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Will the gap between rural and urban America – and the gap between rich and poor America – decline or grow?
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The treaty involves regular onsite inspections by the IAEA to confirm that countries are complying with the treaty’s terms.
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Beijing broadly denies providing weapons to countries in conflict.
Adjective
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On paper, some of the six, all of whom are far-right conservatives, have enviable educational backgrounds, but the record has proven that each one is openly political and willing to rubber-stamp nearly all of DeSantis’ lame and unconstitutional policies.
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In November 2008 an errant air strike, conducted under auspices of a lame-duck Bush administration, killed 37 civilians who were at a wedding party in Wech Baghtu, Afghanistan.
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The menu is top-tier and uses as much local produce from the ocean and nearby hinterland as possible.
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The film eliminated even a gesture toward a plot while showing solitary nonprofessional and real-life ranch-hand Misael Saavedra chopping and hauling logs in the Argentinian hinterlands (in actuality, Alonso’s family’s ranch).
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“Bush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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