as in lush
growing thickly and vigorously weedy vegetation in the abandoned lot

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Recent Examples of weedy Some lawns have large weedy areas; remove and add new sod or plugs. 9. Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024 Native plants fight for space with weedy elephant grass, Brazilian pepper and other invasive species. Patrick Farrell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2024 Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024 Common visitors to feeders for both seed and suet, these birds gather in flocks in weedy fields, roadsides, brushy patches and backyards. Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for weedy
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  • The costumes, courtesy of designers Debra Hanson and Nooks Lindell, were frequently sourced from or created by Inuit artisans — including the characters’ enviable parkas, trimmed in lush fur or bordered with vibrant patterns.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The courtyard installation was curated by the renowned international studio Mary Lennox, who created walls of greenery in hyper-realistic volumes where small openings in the lush vegetation house unique and surprising ceramic pieces.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • More recently, China’s rampant overfishing of its own coastal waters has meant expanding fishing in the South China Sea and using fishing fleets to assert new territorial claims.
    Bradley J. Cardinale, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Economic piracy in Southeast Asia is especially rampant in the Strait of Malacca, a critical shipping channel off the coast of Malaysia.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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  • Historically, there are no examples of an economy based only on tariffs that successfully fostered a prosperous, equitable society.
    Made by History, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Harvard’s public stance highlights a fundamental leadership truth: integrity demands that leaders advocate for their organization’s values in both prosperous times and during crises.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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  • This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic crust — a thinner and denser layer below the oceans — and the continental crust that sits above this layer.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The good news As solar cycle 25 is set to weaken soon, the high-energy proton soup around the planet will soon get denser again.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • It is also known as Damask or Damascene rose and is revered for its luxuriant scent.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The development pre-built its luxuriant landscaping and outdoor plazas, then incorporated an indoor golf simulator, fitness center and café as tenant amenities.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Weedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weedy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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