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
Tucked away in a thicket of trees on five acres, the estate includes a house with five bedrooms, an indoor pool, and a private residence for his groundskeeper.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2025
The push has created a legal thicket across state lines.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
The red spruce trees that sprang up after logging operations had ended formed nearly impenetrable thickets.
—John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
Two days later, her car was found on Avery’s lot in a thicket of branches with a disconnected battery.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2025
The push has created a legal thicket across state lines.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
The red spruce trees that sprang up after logging operations had ended formed nearly impenetrable thickets.
—John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
Two days later, her car was found on Avery’s lot in a thicket of branches with a disconnected battery.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thicket
Noun
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Some thought the mystery bore a direct relation to the green tangle that tightly encircled the two dozen shacks balanced precariously between the rain forest and the yellowish waters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Lisa stepped onto the red carpet and seemingly out of a fairytale, wearing a sheer, black gown that reads witchy forest nymph in the most fabulous way.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
12 Jan. 2026
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Except for two copses of skyscrapers in which our financiers—and finances—go up and down, London remains a fairly horizontal city.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
2 Nov. 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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In Southern California, Ojai is a serene haven of spiritual retreats, boutique shopping, and lush orange groves.—
Amplified Content Studio,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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At Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, a rich marine habitat and trails through dense groves await.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
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Now the birds’ favored nesting habitats, the native pisonia trees and octopus bushes, are back.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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The tracks of Eastern cottontail are also a common sight — especially near thickets of chokecherry, elderberry and other bushes that provide safe shelter.—
Susan Koch,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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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
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The Eaton fire ripped through the Rubio Canyon Preserve, seriously damaging the canyon’s chaparral, coast sage scrub and riparian habitats.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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That’s because well-off Angelenos tend to live on mountains and hillsides and in canyons that are covered in highly flammable chaparral, which are an excellent breeding ground for rapidly spreading fires, driven by Santa Ana winds of up to 100 mph.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
12 Nov. 2025
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In a state with a vast gap between rich and poor, the plan has resulted in a tangle of competing interests at a time when both Democrats and Republicans are struggling to respond to economic anxiety driven by rising costs ahead of this year’s midterm elections.—
MIchael R. Blood,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Accessories should be minimal and delicate, to avoid any tangles mid-journey.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thicket. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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