wildwood

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Recent Examples of wildwood Right until the autumn of 2023, until the slaughter began: There’s half an acre of wildwood behind our house in Oregon, full of blackberry brambles, mostly impassible. Sara Stridsberg september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025 My footfall sets the tempo for this wildwood symphony. Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wildwood
Noun
  • Fudd was the first Husky to score after halftime, and got into a little bit of a scoring grove as the game went on finishing the game with 13 points, two rebounds and four assists.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The sprawling mountain-view grounds, centered on a spacious graveled courtyard ideal for entertaining, host an infinity pool and spa, a bocce court, and a 220-tree Italian olive grove.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His house sits across from what used to be a thick copse of woods.
    Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Captured by the photographer Lee Jaffe in 1983, Basquiat wears a wide-brimmed hat against a blue summer sky, a copse of softly out-of-focus trees visible in the background.
    Laura May Todd, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Could Iran end up like Libya, where a NATO air campaign in 2011 helped topple a decades-old dictatorship, but paved the way for the disintegration of the Libyan state into a thicket of rival factions and warring militias?
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The seedlings and saplings are mostly knee-high to chest-high and mixed with thickets of ceanothus and other post-fire brush growing amid the true giants that stand dead among them.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026

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“Wildwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wildwood. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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