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
The oasis is packed with dense thickets of date palms and banana plantations.
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Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
After 23 hours of searching, Bowie tracked Shy to a thicket of dense brush and trees, surrounded by thigh-high snow.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Many a turkey hunter has taken a stand in a thicket and called to a gobbler time and time again, only to have the bird walk away after a long exchange.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
While not thorns, these foliar teeth can take a bite out of those who attempt to cross a thicket of torch aloes.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
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Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
After 23 hours of searching, Bowie tracked Shy to a thicket of dense brush and trees, surrounded by thigh-high snow.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Many a turkey hunter has taken a stand in a thicket and called to a gobbler time and time again, only to have the bird walk away after a long exchange.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
While not thorns, these foliar teeth can take a bite out of those who attempt to cross a thicket of torch aloes.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thicket
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This is perhaps an ideal time to hike through Yosemite and experience several of the amazing views hidden inside California's forest.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The personable presenter not only got on with people but managed to befriend a family of gorillas in the forests of Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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His house sits across from what used to be a thick copse of woods.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Captured by the photographer Lee Jaffe in 1983, Basquiat wears a wide-brimmed hat against a blue summer sky, a copse of softly out-of-focus trees visible in the background.—
Laura May Todd,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2026
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But groves obliterated vast stretches of pristine land.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Redwood includes old-growth redwood groves, open prairie, miles of California coastline, and two rivers.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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Yet lilac bushes can be monsters.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Although cucumbers and squash plants get big, bush-type varieties can be cultivated in pots and small spaces.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2026
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Archaeologists found that the site’s foragers had crafted small huts from brushwood, weaving them into dome-like structures enclosing a central hearth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Here, the train rolls into one of Scotland’s most remote stations, arriving via a line built up on a raft of roots and brushwood because traditional foundations failed in the boggy ground.—
Rosie Conroy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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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
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This beautiful park rises from the heart of Marin County and includes deep canyons and sweeping hillsides are covered with cool redwood forests, open grasslands and sturdy chaparral.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Natural phenomena and animal science Five miles east of town, the University of California’s Hopland Research and Extension Center spans 5,300 acres of oak woodland, grassland, chaparral and riparian habitat, operating since 1951.—
Audrey T. Williams,
Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The major source is a 9,600-acre (3,900-hectare) tract latticed by a tangle of pipes and sprinklers along the river.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Mosquitoes really do play favorites — and the reasons reveal a fascinating tangle of genetics, body chemistry and evolutionary tracking that scientists are still untangling.—
Ryan Brennan
May 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thicket. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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