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Recent Examples of brushwood During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023 Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands. Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022 Now German firewood suppliers are buying from Poland, leaving some residents in both countries to collect brushwood. Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2022 To prove it, a model fort wall was built, with a huge pile of brushwood leaning against it. National Geographic, 3 Mar. 2016 To prove it, a model fort wall was built, with a huge pile of brushwood leaning against it. National Geographic, 3 Mar. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brushwood
Noun
  • Breaking through entails navigating a thicket of customer perceptions, expectations, and a general reluctance to try something new when the existing solution feels sufficient.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Many more are expected to follow, as representatives from DOGE make their way through the thicket of federal agencies and offices.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • After eight hours of hard fighting in a copse of trees near the hamlet of Kruglenkoe, the Ukrainians piled into armored trucks and sped back to the safety of the main Ukrainian line, half a mile to the east.
    David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Those who have lived intimately, socially, and emotionally with their forest home understand this.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, household appliances, communication equipment, and forest industry were among the worst-performing subsectors.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Spring brings a lush wisteria canopy, summer ripens the citrus groves and autumn drapes the courtyard in gold.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In 1982, researchers traveling through the Ayacucho region of Peru discovered a small amphibian in the mountain coffee groves.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Pauly likens a lizard in healthy chaparral to a human running through the open understory of a redwood forest.
    Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
  • In Los Angeles, some experts say there may be cases where clearing patches of chaparral around neighborhoods of houses is warranted.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • During the same interview, Mr. Trump praised the Secret Service agent who saw the rifle's barrel coming out of a bush.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • According to two other witnesses, Blue Jr. hid two guns behind a bush in front of the building before officers arrived, the affidavit said.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • An important sign of this was the announcement by Friedrich Merz (with the SPD’s Lars Klingbeil and the CSU chief) of a new defence spending plan, which largely swerves the issue of the debt brake.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • However, a 10-1 Lakers run in the fourth led to the brakes falling off completely.
    Jacob Lev, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Brushwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brushwood. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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