as in bush
a small group of trees
They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake.
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Recent Examples of grove
What would become Geauga Lake Park started in 1887 as a train stop with a picnic grove.
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Chad Murphy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Fall brings migrating humpback whales offshore, and the monarch butterflies return to the eucalyptus groves each late fall through.
—Pismo Beach Conference, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
The tranquil, five-star retreat nestled in a pine grove is protected as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and boasts an on-property vineyard.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The high-altitude aspen groves, naturally fire-resistant, stood out like shining islands carpeted in tall emerald grass, some of it tinged black.
—River Selby
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
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Chad Murphy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Fall brings migrating humpback whales offshore, and the monarch butterflies return to the eucalyptus groves each late fall through.
—Pismo Beach Conference, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
The tranquil, five-star retreat nestled in a pine grove is protected as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and boasts an on-property vineyard.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The high-altitude aspen groves, naturally fire-resistant, stood out like shining islands carpeted in tall emerald grass, some of it tinged black.
—River Selby
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grove
Noun
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But while Narula initially wanted to keep the grass, Kemp replaced the bushes with woody perennials ‒ red osier dogwoods, a spicebush, sweet pepper bushes, as well as smooth-leaf hydrangeas.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Walkers can take in the staggered plots of orange groves and prickly pear bushes in Marsalforn Valley or soak up the quiet back streets of Gharb, the island’s westernmost town, overlooking Dwerja.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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At its core, writer-director Bretten Hannam‘s tale follows two siblings (played by Blake Alec Miranda and Forrest Goodluck) traveling through the titular haunted forest in order to exorcise some demons from their lives.—
William Earl,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Stocks have monetary and tax hedge characteristics.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The catalyst for this a meeting with the school’s board — who look more like trustafarian hedge managers than social workers — where it is revealed that the grand but crumbling school building is going to be sold off at the end of the year.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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The private homes of top Nepalese political leaders—including the nation's president—were torched by demonstrators who took to the streets in a stand against a social media ban.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Klein now had most of the funds needed to save a unique stand of ancient forest.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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She’s squatted on her heels within a tight copse of five or six stones leaning like dolmens, chin on chest as if an engrossing thing lies between her feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies.—
Jess Thomson,
Wired News,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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English also says that protective or tight styles can also lead to matting if left in too long, by compacting tangles at the base.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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Aside from Blast vacuuming, the X9 improves on the X8 by adding zero-tangle technology to the side brush and the main brush.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The quiet woodland echoed with the gentle thud of the workers’ axes.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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That cute little woodland creature with a fuzzy tail can wreak havoc in the garden.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Habitat loss has been insidious — croplands have been stripped of their bordering hedgerows and old fields and woodlots have been converted to housing developments.—
Bruce Beehler,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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The next morning Brooks and a buddy glassed the woodlot before moving closer.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grove. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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