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thicket

[thik-it] / ˈθɪk ɪt /
NOUN
dense growth of small trees or bushes
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Operating data centers in space would avoid an environmental thicket and require less water and energy for cooling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Along a remote stretch of the north Somerset coast, views of rolling hills and farmhouses are suddenly interrupted by a thicket of construction cranes.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

To make this photo I crawled into a thicket of ferns at the Sunset Marquis Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

A thicket of partnerships has sprung up in autonomous driving, with Uber also working with Waymo in US cities Austin and Atlanta, and with China's WeRide in Gulf locations such as Abu Dhabi.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

The plants in the thicket stretch and grow over the new slice of emptiness.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer