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
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.
—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
The seedlings and saplings are mostly knee-high to chest-high and mixed with thickets of ceanothus and other post-fire brush growing amid the true giants that stand dead among them.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Masri’s drumming is lithe and spacious even at its most aggressive; just as Alcorn’s guitar slides move with a gravity-defying, naturalistic force, his attacks seem to sprout out of each other independently, emerging in thickets.
—H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2026
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
The seedlings and saplings are mostly knee-high to chest-high and mixed with thickets of ceanothus and other post-fire brush growing amid the true giants that stand dead among them.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Masri’s drumming is lithe and spacious even at its most aggressive; just as Alcorn’s guitar slides move with a gravity-defying, naturalistic force, his attacks seem to sprout out of each other independently, emerging in thickets.
—H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 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.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Umbria — the only Italian region with no coastline and no foreign border — delivers Tuscany-style hill towns, olive groves and Lake Trasimeno without the tour buses.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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No visit to San Fran is complete without snapping a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge, so wake up with a stroll through the eucalyptus groves of the Presidio, the national park at the foot of the bridge.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Interpretive exhibits, wind in the oak forests and eagles drifting below reveal the site’s enduring significance, while rangers and tribal partners share how these mounds remain living heritage, not relics.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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That the forests went on forever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Both feature walls of windows, cedar and teak woods, ocean views, built-ins, a high-end kitchen, and decks; the larger building also includes a pool, an outdoor kitchen, and a bar.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
8 June 2026
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Out in the woods in the middle of nowhere isn’t the only place people claim to have seen Bigfoot and not been able to get a single picture of the creature.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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“Thickets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thickets. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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