as in coating
to form a layer over
leaves carpeted the lawn
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Recent Examples of carpeting
During the rainy winter and early spring months, otherworldly photos of the park make the rounds online, showing brilliant yellow, pink, and purple blooms carpeting an otherwise lunar landscape.
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Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
The landscape is different here, with yellow and pale green grasses carpeting the foothills and peaks that are still capped with snow even in the warmth of September.
—Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2023
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Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
The landscape is different here, with yellow and pale green grasses carpeting the foothills and peaks that are still capped with snow even in the warmth of September.
—Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carpeting
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Spring means beautiful flowers, fragrant lilacs – and lots of tree pollen coating cars and setting off sneezing, wheezing and headaches.—
Levi Keller,
The Conversation,
5 May 2026
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The process begins by separating a couple of small silicon chips from a larger sheet, then coating them with a layer of oxide in a high-temperature furnace.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
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Heather Long, a chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union who made her name covering the pandemic recession, believes the sentiment data speaks to something real.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
10 May 2026
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There’s a reason fans are already covering his statue outside Truist Park — frozen forever in his signature stance, left arm resting on the dugout rail, left leg bent in that familiar crouch — with flowers, handwritten notes and heartfelt tributes.—
Jesús Cano,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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“Carpeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carpeting. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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