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moss

[maws, mos] / mɔs, mɒs /
NOUN
flowerless plant
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With dated production and too many songs that make a good first impression but fail to stick, “Steel Wheels” has gathered moss over the years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Carlini demonstrated how powerful Mythos can be one afternoon recently at Anthropic’s 10-story San Francisco headquarters, where moss walls, plants and artwork are designed to evoke the Pacific Coast Trail.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

"It's a big as my hand," he says, spreading his fingers over a brown ring of dead moss.

From BBC May 30, 2026

"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.

From BBC May 30, 2026

He squeezes my hand, a silent thanks, and a breeze blows through, bringing with it the scent of sweet clover and moss.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Insects, reptiles, trees, lichens and mosses have been killed.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

"In heathlands like this one, native mosses have gone locally extinct or reduced significantly in their populations," he says.

From BBC May 30, 2026

"We did a survey of the different kinds of mosses growing near the crime scene, and that species of moss was not growing there," says von Konrat.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2026

Two projects – one in the Yorkshire Dales and another on Marsden Moor near Huddersfield – are reintroducing mosses to the uplands, which it is hoped will also create diverse habitats for wildlife.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

They rustle along the paths of the Jardin des Plantes and wind through the museum galleries; they echo in high dusty redoubts where shriveled old botanists study exotic mosses.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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