as in bushes
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Recent Examples of thickets
Tony Kushner's screenplay turns the thickets of policymaking into a righteous sort of poetry.
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Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
The setting was a lush landscape of rice paddies, red basalt soil, the golden sands of the South China Sea beaches and bamboo thickets.
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Pavlo Fedykovych,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
They can also be seen around mountains, swamps, cane thickets, wooded stream corridors, and rural habitats.
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Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
3 June 2026
These highly adaptable plants tend to sucker to form small but manageable thickets.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
For the bluebuck, the company is partnering with the nonprofit Advanced Conservation Strategies to navigate regulatory thickets in potential host countries where the animals could live on wild land with the proper vegetation and climate, in herds large enough to be genetically viable.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
This tree is notorious for being highly invasive, often cross-pollinating with other pear varieties, resulting in dense, thorny thickets that disrupt local ecosystems.
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Sj McShane,
Martha Stewart,
29 Apr. 2026
The solution, Shive and Conway said, is removing many of the overgrown smaller trees that surround the giant sequoias in dense thickets, like white fir, red fir and incense cedar.
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
The oasis is packed with dense thickets of date palms and banana plantations.
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Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
The setting was a lush landscape of rice paddies, red basalt soil, the golden sands of the South China Sea beaches and bamboo thickets.
—
Pavlo Fedykovych,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
They can also be seen around mountains, swamps, cane thickets, wooded stream corridors, and rural habitats.
—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
3 June 2026
These highly adaptable plants tend to sucker to form small but manageable thickets.
—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
For the bluebuck, the company is partnering with the nonprofit Advanced Conservation Strategies to navigate regulatory thickets in potential host countries where the animals could live on wild land with the proper vegetation and climate, in herds large enough to be genetically viable.
—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
This tree is notorious for being highly invasive, often cross-pollinating with other pear varieties, resulting in dense, thorny thickets that disrupt local ecosystems.
—
Sj McShane,
Martha Stewart,
29 Apr. 2026
The solution, Shive and Conway said, is removing many of the overgrown smaller trees that surround the giant sequoias in dense thickets, like white fir, red fir and incense cedar.
—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
The oasis is packed with dense thickets of date palms and banana plantations.
—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thickets
Noun
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The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.
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Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.
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The vineyard soils are primarily composed of fractured sandstone, along with several other soil types, and portions of the vineyards are ringed by towering groves of California redwoods.
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Set between Ostuni and Ceglie Messapica and surrounded by silvery olive groves, the Masseria Silentio is a former Masseriola, or rural farmhouse, dating back to the 18th century.
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From there, head to Rocky Mountain National Park, for your fill of lush forests, alpine lakes and wildlife.
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Like de la Espriella, Fujimori has signaled support for expanding mining and other industries as a driver of economic growth, while environmental groups have raised concerns about the potential implications for forests and Indigenous communities.
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My dad was this very outdoors-y Eagle Scout/camping guy, and that man-of-the-woods element was a big thing for me.
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The show pays tribute to all the eras the pond jumpers have visited by showing fan-favorite characters peeking out from the woods to watch the nuptials as well.
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“Thickets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thickets. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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