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verb

as in to bloom
to produce flowers the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms

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Recent Examples of flower
Noun
Best Antiperspirant: Degree MotionSense Lavender & Waterlily Antiperspirant Cut sweat, smell like flowers, and stay fresh all day with this 2022 Healthy Beauty Award winner. Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 July 2025 Hibiscus plants add tropical flair to summer gardens with their large, showy flowers and glossy green foliage. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2025
Verb
These flowering annuals produce an abundance of summer blooms on wiry stems. Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025 History buffs and those who appreciate beautiful architecture should take time to stroll through Berlin’s quaint neighborhoods where every house has its own irresistible character, and the flowering trees are centuries old. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for flower
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Noun
  • Warmer weather also means there will be a higher chance of blooms of yellow-brown sargassum seaweed washing ashore.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025
  • Here are five design tips to try at home along with a list of blooms to consider.
    Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Judge holds career bests of 10.60 in the 100 and 21.85 in the 200.
    Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 11 July 2025
  • In 2017, thousands of men ran 400-meter times that were faster than the personal bests of Olympic gold medalists Sanya Richards-Ross and Allyson Felix.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Selling nut-free, dairy-free, and vegan cookie doughs, pie crusts, puff pastry, and pizza doughs, Sweet Loren’s reached a niche that has since blossomed into a bigger movement.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 July 2025
  • That part of the industry, once dominated by amateurs making funny viral videos with smartphones has blossomed into a formidable entertainment force, where video creators are setting up real businesses with large studios in Southern California funded through advertising by major brands.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • But Collins, now the head of special collections and archives at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, noticed that the text was written in Old French, the language used by aristocracy and England’s royal court after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
  • A little biographical information: He was born in 1896 into the decaying Bourbon aristocracy.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The structure, completed in 1955 and set on 30 sprawling acres, overlooks the Chagrin River and is painted a cream color with red accents.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
  • Dogs with a thin fur coat on their belly can benefit from wearing sunscreen made for dogs; there are also canine sunscreen creams to protect their noses.
    Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Shimmery colors such as pinks, taupes or browns complement brunettes in addition to plum and burgundy.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
  • With gradient hues of pinks and purples, the set comes in retro colors to add a touch of vibrancy to your cabinets.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • As luck had it, there was room in the script for a new character and Bad Bunny was top of mind.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 22 July 2025
  • Their work goes beyond the courtroom, too; Marquez-Garrett is in close communication with lawmakers, parents, educators, and journalists to keep these issues top of mind and to work toward making the online world a safer place for kids and young people.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.
    Mike Dunleavy, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
  • Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a propulsive examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 July 2025

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“Flower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flower. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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