flowerings

noun

plural of flowering
1
as in autumns

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as in evolutions

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  1. pinnacles
  2. evolutions
  3. blooms
  4. developments
  5. zeniths
  6. growths
  7. improvements
  8. refinements
Noun
  • Set the scene The resort sprawls across 10,000 square meters of AlUla’s Ashar Valley, a broad swath of pale desert surrounded by otherworldly rock pinnacles.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of pinnacles
Noun
  • Those values have informed key operational evolutions at Estée Lauder of late.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Massive technological evolutions, including smaller drivers and active and the introduction of adaptive-noise cancellation, have allowed listeners to focus on their favorite music like never before—even on the go, away from home.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of evolutions
Noun
  • During droughts, algae blooms have turned waterways bright green, posing health threats for people and animals.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The fake blooms lined the sweeping curves that curled across the arena floor.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of blooms
Noun
  • Critics say the addition of massive, new developments in Miami Beach would put the city’s historic Art Deco charm and low-scale skyline at risk.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • This is not the first time the Kings have predicted major developments.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of developments
Noun
  • Her materials include those most basic elements of the earth—geology—and her forms borrow from totems, obelisks, prehistoric megaliths, and Indigenous Caribbean zeniths.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of zeniths
Noun
  • New Yale research may help explain why some patients with a small number of growths experience debilitating pain, while others with more widespread disease do not have symptoms.
    — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Uterine fibroids are common, noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during a person’s reproductive years, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of growths
Noun
  • Compared with legacy platforms, the Ship-to-Shore Connector incorporates design improvements intended to increase payload capacity and speed while reducing operator and logistical requirements.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • This way, truckers help pay for road improvements, and farmers--a big and influential electoral constituency--can work all day burning red fuel on their farms.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of improvements
Noun
  • Other policy changes include various refinements to its wording around other misuses of Claude AI.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The third-generation glasses feature fairly minor refinements.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of refinements
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“Flowerings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flowerings. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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