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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig leafs
Noun
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Pulse is a ghost story, featuring two interwoven storylines about young Tokyoites who begin to see and hear strange apparitions flitting across their computer screens.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025 -
To keep gophers and moles out, gardeners had to put their own screens under the ground to keep them from digging up to the plants.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The tree’s hardwood is excellent for fuel, boomerangs, clubs, and shields.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Just three days in and these XL-sized shields are thick as thieves, which doesn’t seem threatening to anyone whose name isn’t Annie.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Fig leafs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig%20leafs. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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