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Examples of tree line in a Sentence
The hikers had reached the tree line by noon.
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O’Callaghan pointed to two tree lines in the distance where a survey team had found evidence of more mines.
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Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
The epic geography of this region, much of it above the tree line, has shaped how its inhabitants have lived for generations.
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Marc Telio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
The Mustang then entered the direct path of the Mirage for a head-on crash, after which the Mustang ran off the road and into the tree line.
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Minutes earlier, a bomb-laden quadcopter flown by another team slammed against a howitzer hidden in the tree line.
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C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
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“Tree line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20line. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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