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Recent Examples of tuft
Spring in the South is wildflower season, when the countrysides burst with tufts of brightly colored blooms.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
And instead of French braids, the climber sprouted a single brown tuft of hair.
—Sam MacIlwaine, Outside, 3 Dec. 2025
Pennywise first rears his Bozo-esque orange tufts in 1986's IT, a horror epic about a group of outcasts, the Losers' Club, who unite to confront the shapeshifting, child-devouring entity that's been haunting Derry for hundreds of years.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
Little birds and forest rodents pulled out tufts of fur for their nests, revealing the clean bone beneath.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
And instead of French braids, the climber sprouted a single brown tuft of hair.
—Sam MacIlwaine, Outside, 3 Dec. 2025
Pennywise first rears his Bozo-esque orange tufts in 1986's IT, a horror epic about a group of outcasts, the Losers' Club, who unite to confront the shapeshifting, child-devouring entity that's been haunting Derry for hundreds of years.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
Little birds and forest rodents pulled out tufts of fur for their nests, revealing the clean bone beneath.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuft
Noun
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The Cotswolds in the United Kingdom attracts tourists from all over the world for its alluring rolling hills, quaint villages and historic mountains.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Our lovely Skeldale family stands together and suddenly notices the fires burning on other hills all across the countryside.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Designed by Hong Kong wunderkind Andre Fu, the hotel’s serene interiors balance understated Japanese influences with extraordinary harbor, city, and mountain views.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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The whole mountain rumbles when an avalanche rolls off it.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Allen returns eight players from a year ago headlined by Texas A&M signee Chandler Hart on the mound.—
Ishmael Johnson,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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He is currently limited to playing long toss a few times a week and could touch a mound for the first time this week just to throw to a catcher standing up.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Tuft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuft. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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