grapevine

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Recent Examples of grapevine Here, grapevines twist on the limestone slopes below—feeding crisp Malvasia poured at terrace cafés. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 Fennell explained that grapevine canes, the woody stems that support grape clusters, are an abundant, cellulose-rich material, and are available in the large quantities each year after harvest. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025 The 10-acre site includes rooms, tunnels, and grottos where citrus trees and grapevines grow underground. Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025 States with hardwood trees, roses, hops, grapevines and stone fruits like peaches, plums and cherries should be concerned with the bugs. Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for grapevine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grapevine
Noun
  • Two sources told Fortune that Amazon’s human resources division—known internally as PXT or the People eXperience Technology team—will be hard hit, but that other areas of Amazon’s core consumer business are also likely to be affected.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The results weren't perfect — for the third quarter in a row, Wells Fargo missed the consensus estimate for NII, a crucial revenue source for traditional banks.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Balogun was dangerous throughout his 80-plus minutes against Ecuador, creating problems both with the ball at his feet as an outlet and also with his dangerous runs into the channels.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The patients also continued to push the only available avenue for Farley to face criminal charges – lobbying for the state’s attorney general to reopen the criminal case.
    Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The shuttle center will be at La Mesa’s Municipal Parking Lot at the northeast corner of Allison and Date avenues.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Only the means, the conduits of misinformation, and the overall enshittification have changed.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Gilmour’s set—simultaneously a gesture to Fascist architecture, a conduit to nowhere, and a scatological joke—shores up the production in several ways.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Desert View Drive, a 25-mile scenic route along Arizona Highway 64, is a low-key wonder that rewards those willing to wander slightly off the park’s busiest paths.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The father and son had allegedly been walking along the path of Les Feixades, which is a popular hiking route that families take daily, when the tragedy occurred, per the outlet.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After verifying the origins of the different packages, the exhibition manager agreed with the transportation company that the delivery would be signed for, ahead of the unpackaging of the pieces the following Monday.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There was no invoice showing the origin of the 10 sweet merengues at the front counter.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The federal government encouraged this spending after a 2010 pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California.
    NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • New regulations around the H1-B visa that many international medical school graduates use to enter the country may restrict this pipeline going forward.
    Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Grapevine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grapevine. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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