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Recent Examples of reedy
Trees climb over each other above thick knots of reedy grass, consuming what used to be levees and culverts.
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Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
The reedy warble of his voice is a reminder of why he’s been an icon since teenhood.
—Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
The sound was reedy and sparse, like somebody scraping a penny across a hair comb.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
Indeed, the gift will not raise lake levels: That water was already flowing to it, partly through the reedy shallows of Farmington Bay, a birding and duck-hunting hot spot.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 25 June 2023
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Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
The reedy warble of his voice is a reminder of why he’s been an icon since teenhood.
—Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
The sound was reedy and sparse, like somebody scraping a penny across a hair comb.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
Indeed, the gift will not raise lake levels: That water was already flowing to it, partly through the reedy shallows of Farmington Bay, a birding and duck-hunting hot spot.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 25 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reedy
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Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
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Common visitors to feeders for both seed and suet, these birds gather in flocks in weedy fields, roadsides, brushy patches and backyards.Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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To clean the mesh grilles—the soft, wiry panels in the earbud—dip your toothbrush into a cup of micellar water, and while holding the earbud upright so the mesh is facing you, gently rub the bristles, in a circular motion, across each mesh panel for 15 seconds.Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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Rogers, a slight man with wiry muscles built over decades of manual labor, moved into the apartment just before migrants from Venezuela began rolling into Denver.Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
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The willowy model kept at it after marrying and having two children.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Joan Vassos — willowy, blonde, and 61 years young — is surrounded by 12 senior men who are getting ready to show some skin.EW.com, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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In this case: a stringy slot corner who never had been credited for a sack in his college career.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Certain digestive disorders can lead to soft, stringy stool.Cristina Mutchler, Health, 8 Oct. 2024
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With spidery legs and a chunky profile, the module, dubbed Spider, was all function, no form — the ideal machine to land on the moon.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2019
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Pelargonium 'Graffiti White' is a heat-loving selection with spidery white flowers on a plant that grows 14 inches tall.Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2022
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The book brings to life characters such as the waspish U.S. Army general Joseph Stilwell and the eccentric U.S. ambassador Patrick Hurley.Richard Bernstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
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Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure.New York Times, New York Times, 11 May 2022
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Treatments for abnormal ferritin levels may include eating iron-rich foods like lean salmon, leafy green vegetables, and beans.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Harris’s transition team, led by Yohannes Abraham, is low-profile and lean.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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Those efforts nonetheless take up many hours of screen time, and are padded out by even thinner material like Willis’ friend Fatty (Ronny Chieng) accidentally drawing crowds to Golden Palace by being overly rude to white patrons — a one-note joke sustained for too many beats.Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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Rule 2: Modulate your own expectations, too Setting personal boundaries about budget and how many people to buy for can help gift-givers avoid stretching themselves too thin.Melinda Fakuade, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Reedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reedy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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