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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
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One of the challenges in living in the historic district of Manayunk during a snowstorm is not only the hills, but the brick streets that residents said make things more slippery.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The yelps and chatter of a nursery school recess clattered down from a small hill overlooking the scene.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Nearby Seceda mountain later featured as a screensaver in Apple’s iOS 7 update in 2013, prompting waves of visitors keen to see the image in real life — with daily numbers reportedly reaching 8,000 at peak times.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, imagery shows that two tunnels into a mountain near the Isfahan facility have been packed with dirt, a measure against missile strikes that Iran also did just before the June war.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The bitterly cold temperatures since the storm means mounds of snow and ice are lingering, impacting pedestrians, bus riders and more.—
Tony Aiello,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Transfer to pastry bag fitted with star tip and pipe 8 mounds over holes on top of baba.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Tuft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuft. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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