CLEARINGS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

clearings

noun

plural of clearing

as in pardons

a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing the clearing of his good name became his obsession

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as in fields

a small area of usually open land deer browsing in a clearing in the woods

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Recent Examples of clearings Mass clearings claim the most trees Like past assessments, the survey found the overwhelming majority of Atlanta’s intact canopy — 72% — is on land zoned for single-family residential homes. — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026 But lurking in the grasslands and forest clearings of at least two southeastern counties is a scaly intruder that state wildlife officials say poses a serious threat to native animals and crops alike. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 4 June 2026 This process occurs multiple times daily, but it is believed that during one of the clearings, a chlorine air bubble was released, which is atypical, waterpark staff told the fire department. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 3 June 2026 The council’s decision offers a formal rebuke to city policies during the COVID-19 era, which prioritized the well-being of homeless residents over more sweeping encampment clearings. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026 The unit made 376 arrests, issued 128 outreach referrals, conducted 76 camp clearings and completed 18 business inspections. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026 Around Rovaniemi, travelers can step just a few minutes outside the city and find wide, frozen rivers, and snowy forest clearings where the lights commonly arc low over the horizon. — Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 9 Mar. 2026 Data is also collected from the El Cajon Homeless Task Force, as well as from park staff as clearings are completed. — Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025 There arc few, if any, clearings, old apple trees, and old stone walls. — Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025

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Noun

The candidates have been clashing over the personal history of DeBarros, who served 19 years in prison for a shooting in Waterbury at the age of 18 in 1996 before he was later pardoned by the state’s board of pardons and paroles.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
And under the state constitution, only the governor has the power to issue pardons.

— Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of pardons

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Insider tip Follow the paths through the lavender fields at sunset, when the bees begin to settle and the fields catch the last of the ethereal light.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Platsdarm’s volunteers go into fields and forests, among ruins and across territory, where the ground is often mined.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of fields

Noun

According to Ghaemi, the IRGC’s intelligence agency has consolidated control over interrogations, detention centers, judges, and prosecutors, and the proof is in the lack of acquittals.

— Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
However, many cases where charges were brought against activists have been dismissed or resulted in acquittals.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 June 2026

Definition of acquittals

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According to a staff report, the development would also establish landscape tracts along College Boulevard for buffering.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
New research is drawing sharper links between dementia risk and where people live, from segregated census tracts to entire regions of the country.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026

Definition of tracts

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The mounting number of death row exonerations — more than 200 since the early 1970s — has made the risk of executing an innocent person impossible to ignore.

— Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
The law isn’t perfect, raising several barriers to testing, but still, DNA evidence has featured in 17 of Florida’s 30 death row exonerations.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026

Definition of exonerations

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The administration is pushing to restrict leading Chinese open-weight models on cybersecurity grounds.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
While Theo lived in the hospital, Sarah and Gary lived on the hospital grounds at the Ronald McDonald House — becoming one of the longest residents to ever stay at the home.

— Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of grounds

Noun

Much of Corona, Flushing, Elmhurst, and East Elmhurst were built on low-lying marshes and meadows along the once four-mile-long Flushing River.

— Len Maniace, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Many of the region's signature experiences are found in the months between–on ridgeline paths and in meadows that flower for a few weeks and vanish.

— Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of meadows

Noun

If said auntie cooks with abundant spices and palm oil, has an eye for striking colors and compositions, and sends you home with parcels of food wrapped like gifts, then London has succeeded admirably.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Idaho and Oak Ridge left capacity to the applicants, and Oak Ridge offered two separate parcels.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026