low-hanging

ADJECTIVE

low

Synonyms

STRONGEST

below depressed flat little small

STRONG

bottom crouched deep inferior junior level lowering minor prostrate shallow squat stunted subsided sunken

WEAK

beneath bottommost decumbent ground-level lesser low-lying low-set nether not high profound rock-bottom squatty subjacent under unelevated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big enormous huge immense important large raised

WEAK

above cheerful decent elevated gay happy healthy high honest honorable increased moral prominent respectable rich strong tall upright well

ADJECTIVE

plunging

Synonyms

STRONG

deep-cut décolleté low-cut low-neck low-necked revealing

WEAK

shocking

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low-hanging

But in a world where global warming fixes can seem impossibly daunting, limiting methane pollution from stripper wells is the rare low-hanging fruit, Andrew Logan of Ceres, a climate advocacy group, told me.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

It’s all chintzy and campy, the plundering of low-hanging fruit.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

“This is low-hanging fruit and that’s why they went after us,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Bernard told the former Goldman Sachs executive that the film industry was low-hanging fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

The undergrowth parted, low-hanging branches giving up their accumulation of snow, and Grey Wind and Summer emerged from the green.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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