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evergreen

[ev-er-green] / ˈɛv ərˌgrin /
NOUN
conifer
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“Building a championship roster is an evergreen process,” Pelinka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

There is also an evergreen iced-coffee joke online: the person who arrives late blaming the train, fresh coffee still in hand.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Patrinos adds that large secondary fund managers increasingly are introducing evergreen vehicles tailored to wealthy individuals and that “some of those strategies are also now becoming specialized.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"Typically, Thismia species are known to occur in perennially humid lowland rainforests. However, this population was discovered in a seasonal, montane evergreen forest at an elevation of nearly 1,000 meters above sea level."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The tree’s thick limbs draped all the way to the ground, forming a kind of low-ceilinged room surrounded by the waxy evergreen leaves.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

The cool blues of “Winter” are raked through with rich purple, as hints of evergreens creep in from the edges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Ancient civilizations celebrated the winter solstice with evergreens and fires to mark the triumph of light over darkness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

“Yews are one of the few needled evergreens that will take pruning and push out new green growth.”

From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024

In other words, our Christmas evergreens are actually not that "green" at all.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

He flailed back against the evergreens, and the jugs appeared to spring out of the snow.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles




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