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canopy

[kan-uh-pee] / ˈkæn ə pi /


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According to the researchers, these tiny plastic particles first land on the leaves in the upper canopy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Its fantastical sets feature a recreation of Kahlo’s canopy bed from which a tree with artery-like limbs stretches toward the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The Cirrus SR 20 is known to deploy a parachute system and images circulating online after the crash appeared to show a yellow parachute canopy caught in a pylon nearby.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

This created millions of years of evolutionary pressure for hands that manipulate and brains that learn—the tool kit for life in the canopy.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

The ceiling held a canopy of Underworld plants, flowers peeking through the foliage, appearing and disappearing in a game of hide-and-seek.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton