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Recent Examples of weedy
Regretfully, this winter has been so mild that some of these weedy portions have only turned brown and not yet totally declined.
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
The violet in my garden is weedy and annoying but not invasive.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Fed by a spring, the shallow and weedy water warmed to create a comfortable fish nursery.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Avoid Boxelder Trees As their name suggests, these bugs love boxelder trees, a weedy type of maple native to North America.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
The violet in my garden is weedy and annoying but not invasive.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Fed by a spring, the shallow and weedy water warmed to create a comfortable fish nursery.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Avoid Boxelder Trees As their name suggests, these bugs love boxelder trees, a weedy type of maple native to North America.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weedy
Adjective
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In Assassin's Creed Shadows, DLSS 5 turned the game’s lush forests into something that seemed organic.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Balinese gardens feature multiple seating areas surrounded by lush flora and fauna, accompanied by the gentle trickle of nearby fountains.—
Tiana Molony,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Streaming fraud has been a rampant issue in the music industry for years, a problem only exacerbated by AI now that fraudsters can quickly generate thousands of songs to flood the zone on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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Both figures are slightly up over 2023, but violent crime is far from rampant, especially in nature.—
Katie Jackson,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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Those advantages can translate into a more affordable and prosperous future, but only if our policy environment allows businesses to grow, invest, and compete.—
Mary D. Kane,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2026
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Previous visions for Sunnyside Yard included tens of thousands of units of housing, dozens of acres of park space, and space for the human services that will make this entire community more vibrant, lively, and prosperous.—
Ben Guttmann,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
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But instead of creating a white material as intended, Jie produced dense, transparent films.—
J. Carson Meredith,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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The stars stretch between Fourth and Sixth streets, appearing amid the dense foot traffic typical of SXSW.—
Staff Photographer,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The luxuriant texture combined with the umami depth-charge can stun a table into silence.—
Henri Hollis,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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There was a long, luxuriant lunch at Suginome, one of the city's oldest ryōtei, a genre of restaurant that, not so long ago, offered entertainment by geisha and private rooms where businessmen and politicians made deals over elaborate dinners.—
Alex Halberstadt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Weedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weedy. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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