as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
a small copse of trees shaded the back of the house
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Recent Examples of copse
The path climbs past copses of mountain hemlocks and red firs, and through alpine meadows dotted with wildflowers in the spring and summer.
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Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
Smoke envelops a Russian bunker hit by the Ukrainians; the Buhay, hiding near a copse, is somehow spared from bombardment by enemy forces.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
NJ Agwuna’s lively direction fit neatly into Peter J. Davison’s festival unit set—a copse of tree trunks at stage right, an array of colored lightbulbs above—and Christelle Matou’s handsome, sculptural costumes made a clear visual statement.
—Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2021
The hulking mass of the Hagia Sophia, the sixth-century church that became the enduring symbol of Christendom, seemed like a basilica to me again, surrounded by a copse of slim, tapered minarets.
—New York Times, 12 May 2022
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Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
Smoke envelops a Russian bunker hit by the Ukrainians; the Buhay, hiding near a copse, is somehow spared from bombardment by enemy forces.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
NJ Agwuna’s lively direction fit neatly into Peter J. Davison’s festival unit set—a copse of tree trunks at stage right, an array of colored lightbulbs above—and Christelle Matou’s handsome, sculptural costumes made a clear visual statement.
—Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2021
The hulking mass of the Hagia Sophia, the sixth-century church that became the enduring symbol of Christendom, seemed like a basilica to me again, surrounded by a copse of slim, tapered minarets.
—New York Times, 12 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copse
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Woodlots offered concealment from surveillance and attack, and the dirt surrounding this grove was scuffed by foot trails, suggesting Russian arrivals by night.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Visitors can walk through the grove, which is operated by Sunkist and the county, but don’t pick the fruit.Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register, 23 Dec. 2024
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Programs include a trivia night, a meet and greet with the two mascots and forest management hikes.Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Newsom has faced criticism for cutting the state's funding for wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million last year, while overall increasing the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's wildfire protection budget.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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Traveling there is like flooring it through a thicket of life-threatening risks: Jets, drones and artillery can quickly annihilate an armored vehicle.Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Any new leadership will inherit not just a broken state but also a thicket of challenges that defy simple solutions.Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
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The forecast called for an all-out windstorm by midday over chaparral that hadn’t seen rain for eight months.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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But in this part of the semi-arid chaparral called Los Angeles, fire season can now be any time.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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In the Key of Ursa Minor Matthew Tierney Three fake plastic bushes per sill in the mall promenade.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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They will be buried together in their garden at home, among the kumquat tree and blueberry bushes, the white azaleas and roses, and the pollinator plants.Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Thoughtful touches like the frameless mirrors, raised center console to help touching the display, and the lack of a start/stop button (just press the brake to switch it on) all bring a sense of cohesion.Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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To make matters worse, persistently elevated borrowing costs could also pump the brakes on the pace of home construction.Bryan Mena, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Copse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copse. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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