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as in forest
often woods plural
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
deer and mountain lions live in those woods
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Recent Examples of wood
There’s original wood paneling and maple flooring, but the property now feels updated to suit a modern day traveler.
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Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Using towels and a garden hose fitted with a piece of wood, the rescuers guided the frightened kitten through the winding pipes.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Types Of Hydrangeas Oakleaf, bigleaf, mountain, and climbing hydrangeas grow on old wood, so next year’s blooms may have already begun to develop when September rolls around.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Meyer grew up outside Milwaukee, playing in the woods and farm fields of rural Washington County.
—Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Using towels and a garden hose fitted with a piece of wood, the rescuers guided the frightened kitten through the winding pipes.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Types Of Hydrangeas Oakleaf, bigleaf, mountain, and climbing hydrangeas grow on old wood, so next year’s blooms may have already begun to develop when September rolls around.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Meyer grew up outside Milwaukee, playing in the woods and farm fields of rural Washington County.
—Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wood
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Trump’s Commerce Department has so far this year launched Section 232 investigations into copper, lumber, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, trucks, jet engines, polysilicon, drones and wind turbines.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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The average billionaire on The Forbes 400 ranking of America’s richest people is 70 years old, and 23 of the list’s members are in their 90s, including land and lumber mogul Archie Aldis Emmerson, who is the oldest, at 96.—
Martina Castellanos,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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At its core, writer-director Bretten Hannam‘s tale follows two siblings (played by Blake Alec Miranda and Forrest Goodluck) traveling through the titular haunted forest in order to exorcise some demons from their lives.—
William Earl,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Leisure’s best new hotels of 2021, Wander the Resort offers 10 luxurious glass-and-timber cabins along the quiet northern shores of West Lake.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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With houses built mostly of dry masonry, stone, and timber, some families preferred to stay in the open to guard against shocks, rather than return home.—
Mohammad Yunus Yawar,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The quiet woodland echoed with the gentle thud of the workers’ axes.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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That cute little woodland creature with a fuzzy tail can wreak havoc in the garden.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Wood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wood. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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