woodlot

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Recent Examples of woodlot These walls are the binding threads of a nearly unbroken patchwork quilt of what had once been fields, pastures, woodlots and meadows. Robert Thorson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023 For example, forested areas and woodlots with acorns can concentrate deer. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023 Three mosquitoes carrying the parasite that causes malaria were collected from the same woodlot, Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services told CBS News in a statement. Alexander Tin, CBS News, 29 June 2023 In recent years, Ms. Young has been approached by private woodlot owners looking for guidance. Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for woodlot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woodlot
Noun
  • Every year the club has a camping retreat at the grove under tight security.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • In addition to captivating views of the Magra Valley and Apennine Mountains, the property offers 14 distinct rooms, a swimming pool, a tennis court, and olive groves.
    Carissa & Dino Tozzi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The catalyst was a Kamala Harris win in the November election, kind of like a hedge.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Erect blackberries like 'Navaho' can be planed in traditional rows or grown as a hedge.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 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
  • 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
  • Stepping through the thicket is like being transported to another world — light shafts penetrate the canopy as the vegetation encloses you into beautiful woodland.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • As Jacob prowls through the dense thickets of Queen Elizabeth National Park, his every step—or leap—serves as a reminder of nature’s tenacity and the urgent need to preserve it.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Alcohol industry leaders would rather let the old guidance stand.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
  • As part of that work, all player facilities, including both dressing rooms and the tunnel, will also move across to the new construction from their current home in the cramped main stand.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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

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“Woodlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodlot. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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