flowerings

Definition of floweringsnext
plural of flowering

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • While there were evolutions and design improvements in the late 20th century, significant innovation has happened since the 2010s.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Inevitably, however, the result feels like the character evolutions, machinations, and plot pivots of an entire series of the show compressed desperately into 112 minutes.
    Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Prior to the weekend’s developments, several traders warned that oil prices could reach $100 within days — unless there was some de-escalation of hostilities or change to constraints in the Strait of Hormuz, which handles about a fifth of the world’s energy exports.
    Christine Burke, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
  • In an email exchange, Parsipur, who presently lives in exile in Northern California, expounded on her career, Iran and the recent developments there.
    Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This sea of sharp buttes and sky-high pinnacles offers numerous west-facing vantage points.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Sea turtles snoozed, manta rays glided, and reef fish darted by the thousands over lava pinnacles covered in corals and basket sponges.
    Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • All types of roses, except climbing varieties, can be pruned to remove long canes, dead or declining portions and twiggy growths.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Doctors opened her abdomen from her breastbone down, looking for more growths.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • From March to May, the hiking trails are sprinkled with vibrant yellow desert marigolds, deep purple lupines, and bright red and orange Indian paintbrush blooms, among other varieties.
    Annie Daly, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
  • An appropriately tropical vibe fills this 530-room property sprawling across 32 acres of blooms, tropical grass, stone cranes, and deities.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Yet when the researchers blocked key proteins involved in dendritic growth, the improvements disappeared—a suggestion that the drug’s mental-health effects might depend on the growth.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The city is working with Sacramento County and Sacramento Regional Transit to identify safety improvements along the road, including possible dedicated bus lanes and pedestrian upgrades.
    Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Thanks to decades of such refinements, today’s jets may be the world’s most reliable machines.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Corrections then feel like reversals rather than refinements.
    Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As members of Gen X and Millennials became parents, the general trend of having more money and time for children continued, resulting in elaborations of the concept of helicopter parenting.
    Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Flowerings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flowerings. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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