as in roof
a raised covering over something for decoration or protection
trees line both sides of the garden path, with their foliage forming a leafy canopy for walkers
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Recent Examples of canopy
Christine Clarridge, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
The resulting black-and-white photograph shows some two dozen deer in a mesmerizing blur — indistinct, eerie white figures under a canopy of trees.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
The bed is canopied with a canvas tarp, with a chandelier made from four flashlights hanging above.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Noun
The tree's removal highlights ongoing tension between urban growth and tree protection in Seattle, as the city aims to balance the need for housing developments with impacts to its vanishing green canopy.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
The resulting black-and-white photograph shows some two dozen deer in a mesmerizing blur — indistinct, eerie white figures under a canopy of trees.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Verb
Shady porches and hammocks in the garden, chaises near the river’s sandy beach and a long dock with chairs canopied with shade.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
The bed is canopied with a canvas tarp, with a chandelier made from four flashlights hanging above.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canopy
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The mansion with its stone façade and slate roof houses some 50 rooms that spread across 13,000 square feet of living space and five levels.Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
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Employees in national defense, law enforcement, and other departments that protect life and property are expected to continue working, the government agency said.Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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This requires strategic development, an understanding of current trends, using social media to its full potential and protecting one's personal and business reputation online.Jeffrey Bartel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Having asked what was cooking, I was ushered into the tent.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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After he was briefly examined in the medical tent, Watt walked to the locker room with a member of the medical staff.Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Sasha Hupka covers county government and elections for The Arizona Republic.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Fix the Court, a nonprofit organization registered under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS, reported on tax forms covering fiscal 2023 paying Gabe Roth, its director, a salary of $168,100.Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Dec. 2024
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It was screened in places like Picturehouse that are squarely pitched to bourgeois film consumption.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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Stricken from the Cannes lineup back in May on political grounds, the anthology was screened just outside the festival as an act of protest: a fitting premiere for a defiant act of creativity in the face of genocide.Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Canopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canopy. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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