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Recent Examples of woody
Take care not to overdo this, especially with plants that need excellent drainage, like succulents, Mediterranean woody herbs, or orchids.
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2025
Using cutting-edge radar technologies, the satellite is on a five-year mission to survey forests across sprawling swaths of the globe, looking beneath their canopies to accurately assess their total woody biomass—trunks, limbs, stems, and so on.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
In the forest, carpenter ants have a job to do, recycling woody debris, such as dead trees and fallen logs.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
For noses that prefer the woody, earthy, and floral, this olive oil and lavender soap bar will check all the boxes.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2025
Using cutting-edge radar technologies, the satellite is on a five-year mission to survey forests across sprawling swaths of the globe, looking beneath their canopies to accurately assess their total woody biomass—trunks, limbs, stems, and so on.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
In the forest, carpenter ants have a job to do, recycling woody debris, such as dead trees and fallen logs.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
For noses that prefer the woody, earthy, and floral, this olive oil and lavender soap bar will check all the boxes.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woody
Noun
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The new vehicle combines a powerhouse, open-road luxury sedan with an electric sports car’s leanings.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
13 July 2025
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The video showcases Scott and his crew tearing up Texas streets in exotic sports cars and supercharged Ford trucks, even making a pit stop at a Formula 1 race.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Israel can and must be the engine of the crypto industry rather than a trailing wagon.—
Tomer Niv,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Everything from the Conestoga wagon to early computer processing was developed along it.—
James Dodson
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
Noun
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White is believed to have been taken away in the SUV with an unknown license plate, police said in the Amber Alert.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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Authorities said in criminal complaints filed in both Minidoka and Cassia counties that Benjamin Roy Naylor, 56, entered the homes of three of the victims Tuesday and shot them to death, and also was responsible for the fatal shooting of a man whose body was found in an SUV.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Details like the badging and trim are in gloss on the coupé version and matte on the convertible to contrast with the body coating.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Lisa Vanderpump wore a cape made of feather boas and a giant hat while driving through the 2019 Pride event in the back of a convertible.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
28 June 2025
Noun
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This modern relationship with product branding mimics 1960s and 1970s trends, when postwar prosperity allowed middle-class families to buy into symbols of upward mobility—station wagons, Tupperware, televisions.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Woodie station wagons became associated with surfing culture in the 1960s thanks to their affordability and cargo space with room for surfboards.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The steering wheel and gauge cluster were offset by two inches, while the climate controls, identical to the Murciélago’s, were taken from a Rover 45 hatchback.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Rivals for the Mazda 3’s hatchback include the Honda Civic hatchback, Subaru Impreza, Volkswagen Golf GTI and Toyota GR Corolla.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
18 May 2025
Noun
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During the finale, Carrie received a phone call from Samantha, who was seen in the backseat of a town car.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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This little town car is a version of the BYD Seagull which sells for less than $10,000 in China.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Integrated into the roof is a fold-out hardtop tent that functions similarly to the iKamper Skycamp or Porsche 911 tent.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 July 2025
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Video demonstrations of its transition from flight mode to driving show the two wings retracting and folding in on themselves, somewhat resembling a hardtop convertible.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
8 May 2025
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“Woody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woody. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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