1
: a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : copse
2
: something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle
a political thicket
a thicket of reporters
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a dense thicket of rosebushes
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Eisenberg is a warm, compassionate guide through a thicket of violence, abrupt endings, and youthful longings, and her book is an intelligent corrective to common true-crime tropes.
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Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Hedden and a colleague approached the Marshes’ property through the woods and discovered a human skull in a thicket.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
But the group doesn’t need to wade into that thicket.
—Bill Adair, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
To illustrate, Senators have introduced a bill named the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act, which aims to limit patent thickets and product hopping.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thicket. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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thicket
noun
thick·et
ˈthik-ət 
1
: a thick usually small patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
2
: something resembling a thicket in being crowded together or impenetrable
a thicket of fans
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