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greensward

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as in grass

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Recent Examples of greensward Gwynns Falls and Leakin parks (there’s a seamless connection between these two greenswards) stymied the highway builders 50-plus years ago. — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024 The usually pristine greensward at Fenway has patches of sod throughout the outfield, particularly in right field, after the recent Pink and Fall Out Boy concerts. — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023 Former presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson had lawns, but these were not perfect greenswards. — Ted Steinberg, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023 Soloviev has noted that a lot of discussions happened with community residents before the plan was put forward, and that greensward at the center of the development was a decent gesture. — Curbed, 10 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for greensward

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More specifically, Lili remembered going to a nearby park with the Pollak boy and getting in trouble for walking on the grass.

— David Pollak, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Earlier this month, a fan tagged Vinod in an X post hoping the new owner would put natural grass down at Lumen Field.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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The average homeowner uses 30% to 70% of their water outdoors—watering lawns, flowers and vegetables, the EPA estimates.

— Simmone Shah, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
So his church—which has raised many millions of dollars for good causes, and operates a local food pantry and food truck—decided to distribute lawn signs simply encouraging people to be kind.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

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