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thicket

[thik-it] / ˈθɪk ɪt /
NOUN
dense growth of small trees or bushes
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A Burnham-led government should look at cutting the "thicket of regulation" and simplify the "stupendously complex" tax code, Haldane believes.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

To make this photo I crawled into a thicket of ferns at the Sunset Marquis Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

A thicket of partnerships has sprung up in autonomous driving, with Uber also working with Waymo in US cities Austin and Atlanta, and with China's WeRide in Gulf locations such as Abu Dhabi.

From Barron's Nov. 12, 2025

A nonprofit credit counselor can help you navigate the thicket of options that different creditors might offer on different types of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

The akrafena flies forward and slices a new path through the thicket.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The camera tracks the characters with startling skill and speed, from above, below, alongside and even behind as they rush through groves and thickets.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Pygmy slow loris are a species of primate that comes from the rainforests and bamboo thickets of Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia and southern China.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2025

Stone wove drum machines into the dense thickets of sound.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2025

Traveling along the Paraná, Darwin observed thickets which “afford a retreat for capybaras and jaguars. The fear of the latter animal quite destroyed all pleasure in scrambling through the woods.”

From Salon Sep. 7, 2024

A carefully managed fire could turn impassable barren thickets into prime grasslands teeming with game.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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