as in vegetation
green leaves or plants
decided the office needed more foliage and bought a few plants
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Recent Examples of foliage
There were also images and videos taken from a discrete location, possibly behind foliage or a balcony, of children at a public pool, the report read.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
And the same size again in external space, where nothing but some softening foliage comes between you and the glistening ocean.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Sight: Adding an attractive visual effect to a sensory garden can be as simple as adding plants with contrasting colors, light, shadows, shapes, textures, foliage, blossoms, and habits, like creeping, climbing, trailing, bushy or upright.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
Then step outside: the shower is surrounded by lush foliage.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
And the same size again in external space, where nothing but some softening foliage comes between you and the glistening ocean.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Sight: Adding an attractive visual effect to a sensory garden can be as simple as adding plants with contrasting colors, light, shadows, shapes, textures, foliage, blossoms, and habits, like creeping, climbing, trailing, bushy or upright.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
Then step outside: the shower is surrounded by lush foliage.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foliage
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Across the West, about three dozen fires were burning uncontained and another 80 fires were being managed to clear out vegetation that has clogged the landscape, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 July 2025
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Some properties in Waianae Valley use sheep to eat the overgrown vegetation.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Instead, lei represent our delicate food genealogies and fragrant flora, as told in our oral histories: This arid island is known for its lei hala, made from pandanus fruit and presented during periods of change or transition.—
D. Kauwila Mahi,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 July 2025
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English-speaking Central American country, boasting flora, coral reefs and convenience to the U.S.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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“Foliage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foliage. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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