vegetated

past tense of vegetate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of vegetated Installing and maintaining them can get expensive, however, and some fire-prone areas are too thickly vegetated or rainy to benefit from their surveillance. K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 20 July 2026 We were parked alongside a remote and heavily vegetated waterway called Furlong Creek, which was the site of another one of Johnson’s experiments. Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025 Contrary to the arid badlands of Ledi-Geraru today, millions of years ago, the area was a lush, vegetated landscape with rivers and shallow lakes. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vegetated
Verb
  • Made to look like a stylish romper when the shirt is tucked in, this two-piece set is relaxed and laid-back but still polished and put-together.
    Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
  • It’s obsessed with pushing people to drink raw milk, and has relaxed alcohol guidelines.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Some landed on nearby plants, while others rested on guests’ clothing or settled briefly on the ground.
    Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That coalition mattered because FIFA’s political strength has traditionally rested on balancing competing continental interests.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Three four-legged friends chilled along the Hudson River at the Hertz Gold Squad Hangout, clearly enjoying being petted by concert-goers taking in the music.
    Lori Majewski, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
  • There's a Himalayan salt room, cold plunge pools, an infrared sauna and a snow shower chilled to 14 degrees, plus a large co-ed sauna big enough to double as an event space.
    Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The pigs that would soon enough become lunch lazed in the compost-pile mud in front of a five-star-hotel-worthy view of the Cretan Sea.
    Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
  • Further on, sandy-colored cows lazed in the mid-morning sun.
    Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The sheer number of ships − study authors cite at least 1,500 vessels − idled near the trade route and the length of time involved are just the beginning.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Bercich said the day the Metrodome roof caved in, Ryan’s car idled on the side of the road, unable to handle the onslaught of snow.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026

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“Vegetated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegetated. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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