canopy

Example Sentences

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The fog acts as a canopy, blocking winter sun from warming the buds prematurely and keeping valley temperatures in that critical range.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 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

Caputo quickly moved his men out of the open space and under the dense forest canopy.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin