grass

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Recent Examples of grass While DeGeneres appears to be enjoying an idyllic rural life, there is some evidence the grass may not be greener on the other side of the pond. Alexander Smith, NBC news, 21 July 2025 Beyond the mats, the rest was a grass, which required Davidson, his cousins and his friends to cut every other day. Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2025 Inside the green cloth was a pine box, shut with tape and containing a pocket knife, a feather, grass, sage, lavender, tobacco and a rag — which wrapped around the dismembered big toe, per the Kent Reporter. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 July 2025 Clay and grass are the two most different surfaces in tennis. Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for grass
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grass
Noun
  • July 25 at 7:30 p.m. $29.50 lawn, $102 seated. hartfordsymphony.org.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
  • Read, 45, is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, by backing into him with her SUV on the snowy night of Jan. 29, 2022, and leaving him for dead on the front lawn of fellow officer Brian Albert’s home.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Foods like apples, leafy greens, yogurt and green tea may help to neutralize odor-causing compounds and support beneficial gut bacteria, which can reduce unpleasant body odors, said Palinski-Wade.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
  • Be ready to follow up with a short-term crop like leafy greens, beets, carrots, or even some types of corn!
    Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Gwynns Falls and Leakin parks (there’s a seamless connection between these two greenswards) stymied the highway builders 50-plus years ago.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The usually pristine greensward at Fenway has patches of sod throughout the outfield, particularly in right field, after the recent Pink and Fall Out Boy concerts.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023

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

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