as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
the rabbit darted into the chaparral
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Recent Examples of chaparral
The crew spread out, and sawyers began to cut the chaparral with their saws.
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M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Residents of Marin, and the Bay Area at large, are understandably big fans of the diverse natural landscapes of the coast ranges: forests and woodlands, savannas and marshes, ocean coast and chaparral.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
The combination of environmental regulations protecting chaparral, combined with the dense residential areas near it, mean that prescribed fire is very infrequently used in Southern California.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
But amid the chaparral, grasses, and trees, the preferred tools are shovels, axes, drip torches, and bulldozers.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
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M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Residents of Marin, and the Bay Area at large, are understandably big fans of the diverse natural landscapes of the coast ranges: forests and woodlands, savannas and marshes, ocean coast and chaparral.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
The combination of environmental regulations protecting chaparral, combined with the dense residential areas near it, mean that prescribed fire is very infrequently used in Southern California.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
But amid the chaparral, grasses, and trees, the preferred tools are shovels, axes, drip torches, and bulldozers.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaparral
Noun
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Spring brings a lush wisteria canopy, summer ripens the citrus groves and autumn drapes the courtyard in gold.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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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
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Those who have lived intimately, socially, and emotionally with their forest home understand this.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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In North Carolina, the U.S. Forest Service said fire crews were working to contain multiple wildfires burning in four forests across the state on Sunday.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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For example, summer offers bushes for hiding, while winter’s snow will crunch under your feet, potentially alerting enemies.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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It’s abandoned now and has fallen into disrepair, with broken slats on the wood steps and prickly bushes growing over the front porch.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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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
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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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“Chaparral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaparral. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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