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Recent Examples of vegetation
Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, which charred about a 10-by-10-foot patch of vegetation between the northbound and southbound lanes of South Mission Road near Airpark Road, Choi said.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Here, slowly being swallowed by vegetation and worn down by time, are gigantic mausoleums, vast underground cisterns, temples, imposing city walls and a breathtaking theater perched, like Machu Picchu, on a hilltop that offers views stretching for miles all around.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Rake out and remove big piles of leaf litter and decaying vegetation near your house.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Hart said more work needs to be done to determine what causes vegetation to flourish in some areas sooner than others, but the primary drivers are likely differences in temperature and precipitation.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Here, slowly being swallowed by vegetation and worn down by time, are gigantic mausoleums, vast underground cisterns, temples, imposing city walls and a breathtaking theater perched, like Machu Picchu, on a hilltop that offers views stretching for miles all around.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Rake out and remove big piles of leaf litter and decaying vegetation near your house.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Hart said more work needs to be done to determine what causes vegetation to flourish in some areas sooner than others, but the primary drivers are likely differences in temperature and precipitation.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vegetation
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Branson, Missouri The fall foliage puts on just as much of a show as any of the performers in Branson, a perennial favorite among Midwest family vacation destinations.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Peak foliage usually arrives from mid-October through mid-November, making this one of the best fall drives in the South.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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In her final article for TIME, in 2021, Goodall took up the cause not of fauna, but flora, writing about the devastating consequences the planet could suffer as millions of acres of trees are cut, razed, and burned every year.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Words and images attest to the remarkable swiftness with which salmon have resumed their run, flora have blossomed, and traces of the former reservoir are being smoothed away.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Vegetation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegetation. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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