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woodlot

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Definition of woodlot

as in grove

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Recent Examples of woodlot More information on northwestern Minnesota woodlots especially crucial, state Forestry Association says. — Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2025 That success has come despite fears among some in the settlement that the authorities, wanting to protect mature woodlots, one day might force the refugees to go back home. — Rodney Muhumuza, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2024 Though smaller than most at 30 acres, Frost’s farm was typical of New England at the time, having a clapboard house, shed, barn and garden near the road, and fields, pastures, an orchard and a woodlot, all graced by low stone walls. — Robert Thorson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023 For that matter, Walden is organized by thematic chapters, because there’s not much plot to Thoreau spending some time in a shack on Emerson’s woodlot. — Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for woodlot

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The rich landscape gives rise to diverse flavors, from rice paddies in the plains and orange groves in the valleys to grapevines in the countryside.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
The grove on Santa Rosa Island, which sits about 26 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara, is a genetically distinct subspecies that occurs nowhere else on Earth.

— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.

— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.

— Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020

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As the novel proceeds, these fragments gradually accumulate, and a whole social world emerges, a thicket of personal connections and memories.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
There were rocky caves along the steep walls of the nullah, and thickets that even a buffalo would have trouble barging through.

— Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

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There would then be someone on the timing stand or in the electronics booth whose only job is to monitor the driver’s data, the way an engineer monitors a car, making calls that serve both driver performance and safety.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
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— George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026

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