as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
the trail has become so overgrown that it is nearly impassable in spots
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Recent Examples of overgrown
The two-story house boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms and is currently covered by a web of persistent vines; there’s also a separate guesthouse and pool, in addition to a (currently) overgrown garden.
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Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
The problem was that, like many other overgrown trusts of the era, its financial condition was opaque to its investors and even its bankers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
An overgrown service road snaked through the hills, taking a roundabout route that never rose above a modest incline.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
If this pilgrimage is meant to offer a comeuppance for these two overgrown Millennial boys, to relativize their own pain as small, this reckoning never arrives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
The problem was that, like many other overgrown trusts of the era, its financial condition was opaque to its investors and even its bankers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
An overgrown service road snaked through the hills, taking a roundabout route that never rose above a modest incline.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
If this pilgrimage is meant to offer a comeuppance for these two overgrown Millennial boys, to relativize their own pain as small, this reckoning never arrives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overgrown
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The robes are long and lush and heavy, the score dictates each twist and turn, and the buildings in which these people behave with such petty bitchery feature some of the most stunning Renaissance and Classical architecture.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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From there, a bridge spans a short ravine into one of the lushest and most wooded portions of the trail.Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Wade’s grown son took the stage and said that Wade had always put fatherhood before basketball.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, her grown child is not wrong for wanting answers today.Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Oct. 2024
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Border Patrol wears green, and CBP officers wear blue.Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Donning a shimmering pastel green fringe jacket, the K-pop superstar performed the new tune against a striking backdrop of a desert highway, with the stage adorned with street signs.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
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States with less dense populations tend to have less traffic, and people in rural communities often live closer to their jobs than those commuting to a city or taking an hourlong subway ride to work, Search Logistics found.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
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In the app, the Wildfire Smoke Layer shows where smoke from those fires drifts and how dense that smoke is.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Inadequate iron intake: A diet low in iron-rich foods (e.g., red meat, beans, leafy greens) can lead to low ferritin levels over time, especially in people with higher iron needs, such as pregnant people or growing children.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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These handy, reusable linen bags are designed to keep veggies and leafy greens crisp for longer and to prevent them from dissolving into brownish-green smears of goo in a plastic bag.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Overgrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrown. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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