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Recent Examples of tuft
They’re marked by tufts of hair.
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Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
From its opening moments, the game’s world is vibrant, with tufts of grass flowing in the foreground while fires rage far into the distance.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
And that implied that feathers were first tubular, then a tuft, then a vein, a flat surface — but not integrated — and then a vein that zippered together.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
Whitefish salad prickling with chile and festooned with great tufts of cilantro.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
From its opening moments, the game’s world is vibrant, with tufts of grass flowing in the foreground while fires rage far into the distance.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
And that implied that feathers were first tubular, then a tuft, then a vein, a flat surface — but not integrated — and then a vein that zippered together.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
Whitefish salad prickling with chile and festooned with great tufts of cilantro.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuft
Noun
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Later, from the top of a steep and very beautiful hill where he is buried, everyone came down to the road except my mother and a friend of my father’s named Arnie.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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That's a steep hill to climb for Behn, who seeks to flip the district.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Weather has been deteriorating since last week in Nepal, with snowstorms reported on the mountains, the Associated Press reported.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Yonah Mountain Vineyards also pays homage to the iconic mountain by emblazoning its wine bottles and glasses with a bear symbol.—
Crystal Tate,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Wong opts for a Belgian-style waffle, with deep cups ready to absorb the golf-ball-sized mound of sambal-honey butter on top.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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The score was just 2-2 at the start of the inning, and Dodgers' two-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell was on the mound.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Tuft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuft. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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