twiggy
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Weyerhaeuser trained an AI model to pore over drone footage and calculate seedling survival rates, which are typically obtained by sending foresters to count twiggy young trees in rugged or sweltering terrain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Dried leaves, twiggy trimmings and even paper or cardboard will do.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
They shed their limbs, become a drifting blob and morph into polyps, twiggy growths that attach to rocks or plants.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
After flowering, it resorts to being a dull, twiggy shrub for 50 weeks of the year.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2021
Off to one side Mr. Huffer stood next to a twiggy, water-starved azalea and posed like his usual wilted teapot self.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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