canopy

Example Sentences

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The combat jet was nimbler and its bubble canopy provided better control and visibility for pilots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Workmen hammer stakes into the frozen ground to fit nets which they'll then stretch over the road in a canopy as protection against Russian drones.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 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

We rode there on a Liberty Truck, jostling in the back under a canopy of canvas.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse