as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
a beautiful, verdant field
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Recent Examples of verdant
This teeny-tiny five-square-mile verdant and rugged Dutch Caribbean island feels incredibly remote and special.
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Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Outside, an Olympic-length swimming pool is surrounded by plumes of verdant greenery.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 May 2025
First established in 1969, this verdant park has developed into a crucial hub for wildlife conservation over the decades, with a wealth of ambitious programs in place that aim to preserve the biodiversity of our planet.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
And the jewel sitting on a verdant cushion is a new swimming pool that converts into a rink in the winter and an artificial lawn in the shoulder months, flanked by a public building that thrusts into the hillside.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025
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Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Outside, an Olympic-length swimming pool is surrounded by plumes of verdant greenery.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 May 2025
First established in 1969, this verdant park has developed into a crucial hub for wildlife conservation over the decades, with a wealth of ambitious programs in place that aim to preserve the biodiversity of our planet.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
And the jewel sitting on a verdant cushion is a new swimming pool that converts into a rink in the winter and an artificial lawn in the shoulder months, flanked by a public building that thrusts into the hillside.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verdant
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Each rose bush is big and bold, reaching up to four feet tall with lush green leaves.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 May 2025
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After being whisked 14 floors up to our corner suite on the fringes of downtown, the curtains opened to reveal Osaka Castle facing me square on, with its surrounding lush park as a halo—one that, just weeks ago, I was told, had erupted in cherry blossoms.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2025
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In March 2024, for the first time, scientists observed a visible green aurora on Mars.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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While this slaw might have a simple ingredient list–green cabbage, hot sauce, ketchup, mustard–it is packed with flavor.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
14 May 2025
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They were married for 25 years and shared two grown daughters, Mallory and Macy.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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It’s never been quite so grown up and full bodied in that way.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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Swiss Chard One cup of cooked Swiss chard, another leafy green, contains 150 mg of magnesium (36% DV).—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
9 May 2025
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Growing vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli and dark leafy greens are usually quite easy and taste terrific.—
Andrew Weil,
Flow Space,
8 May 2025
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The explosion in new construction projects was also allowed by the fact that the Austin city government has made building new apartments easier in recent years, rewriting zoning laws, cutting parking requirements, and encouraging dense, walkable development.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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La Jolla Walk-In Campsite The La Jolla Walk-In Campsite is a small campground in dense chaparral in Point Mugu State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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“Verdant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verdant. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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