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 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 During clearings, city officials said outreach services to connect individuals to housing and mental health resources will persist. — Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 7 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

Trump commuted their prison sentences, but they were not covered by the president’s mass pardons.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Trump commuted their prison sentences, but they were not covered by the president's mass pardons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of pardons

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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The lake abuts one of the largest remaining tracts of pine rockland at Larry and Penny Thompson Park.

— Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Nominations are open for Arkansas census tracts to be nominated for Opportunity Zone status as a way to spur private investment in rural communities.

— Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026

Definition of tracts

Noun

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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Its 65 freestanding cabins and cottages are tucked among wildflower meadows, woodlands and a working farm, where mornings begin on hiking trails, in the gardens or with a cup of coffee overlooking the landscape.

— Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Horseback riding in the gentle meadows and stunning mountains is the main event here, but there is plenty to do beyond that— hiking, river tubing, board games, herding cattle, hayrides, the list goes on.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

Definition of meadows

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But many forests overlay valuable minerals and parcels can be leased by private companies for the extraction of nonrenewable resources such as oil, gas and coal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
So Moyle’s mother appealed to the Ada County Board of Commissioners, where the Moyles prevailed on some parcels but were overruled on others.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026