efflorescence

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Recent Examples of efflorescence On some level, declines in traditional reading are connected to the efflorescence of information in the digital age. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025 What emerged from this great leap backward was a diverse efflorescence of art that directly addressed the very things the church ignored. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 Beginning in the late ’80s, an efflorescence of truth under the leaders Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin had revealed the full extent of the Soviet Union’s horrific crimes against its own citizens. Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024 With the efflorescence of Christianity, a religion rooted in the Old Testament, through the Septuagint, knowledge of the temple spread. Lynn Whidden, Scientific American, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for efflorescence
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Noun
  • Too much direct light can lead to leaf scorch and reduce flowering due to stress, while too much shade can leave them bloomless, too.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 July 2026
  • Gardeners wishing to promote a second flush of coppery new growth can simply give plants a light trim in early summer after flowering has finished.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • Cold Damage Pruning old wood hydrangeas at the wrong time can damage buds and reduce blooming.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 July 2026
  • Once blooms fade, seeds eventually begin to form, the plant becomes leggy, and blooming slows.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Although content with his stature in furnishings retail and proud of his wife Elizabeth’s parallel blossoming as the proprietor of a thriving travel agency, Carney gets wrapped up with Uncle Rich once more.
    David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • Lilah has maintained a low profile on social media but has traveled the world as a blossoming ballerina.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

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“Efflorescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/efflorescence. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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