as in forest
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Recent Examples of thicket
There are other players in the thicket.
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Rob Wile, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Henrot positions it such that its indented form emphasizes the dark thicket of his pubic hair au naturel.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Investigators were searching a remote and virtually uninhabitable area on Grindstone Mountain this week when a drone flying overhead detected something unusual in a thicket of trees.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
As more and more birders gathered to see the bird, the animal became more reclusive and hid in a mesquite thicket.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Rob Wile, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Henrot positions it such that its indented form emphasizes the dark thicket of his pubic hair au naturel.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Investigators were searching a remote and virtually uninhabitable area on Grindstone Mountain this week when a drone flying overhead detected something unusual in a thicket of trees.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
As more and more birders gathered to see the bird, the animal became more reclusive and hid in a mesquite thicket.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thicket
Noun
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And don’t forget to take in the surrounding Carpathian Mountain landscape with its misty dense forest and nearby castles and medieval towns that are equally worthy of a visit.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Aquitaine countryside unfolds in a collage of khaki, tan, and green, dotted with little ponds and copses of trees.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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In 2006, protestors occupied a grove of oak trees slated to be cut down for the construction of a new athletic center.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Gardens at Lake Merritt were built in the 1950s and feature 7 acres of idyllic water-and-forested space including bonsai and rhododendron groves.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
Noun
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On October 14, Kim Kardashian made a controversial splash in the undergarment and shapewear world with the announcement of SKIMS full-bush panties that resemble 17th century merkins and sell for $32 a pop.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
15 Oct. 2025
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The release of Skims’ new thong is uniquely coinciding with a wider conversation about female body hair happening in beauty now, as brands such as Billie double down on product partnerships with bush-positive messaging.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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The strategy has helped to transform land that’s naturally an arid mix of coastal sage and chaparral and deserts into an economic and cultural powerhouse.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
24 Aug. 2025
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It's been fueled by a mix of timber, chaparral and brush.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The winds send stage trusses collapsing in a tangle of steel and spotlights as firefighters race to rescue fans and production crew members trapped.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Oct. 2025
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This bureaucratic tangle is so extreme that many European manufacturers are simply giving up.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thicket. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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