variants
or woodie
as in sports car
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Recent Examples of woody
Focus your attention on the soft, bendable stems, but avoid pruning the woody sections of your plant as these areas may not regrow.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025
This woody scent fuses together bergamot, agave and sage.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The combination yields a woody musk, with the faint sweetness of vanilla balancing out the overall fragrance intensity.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
There are rich notes of cherry, grape, and vanilla on the nose, with a woody, buttery undertone.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025
This woody scent fuses together bergamot, agave and sage.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The combination yields a woody musk, with the faint sweetness of vanilla balancing out the overall fragrance intensity.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
There are rich notes of cherry, grape, and vanilla on the nose, with a woody, buttery undertone.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woody
Noun
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The 1970s brought the ubiquitous Golf – one of the most successful car models in history just behind the Toyota Corolla – while later decades saw Volkswagen acquire luxury and sports cars including Bugatti and Lamborghini.—
Lenora Chu,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Jan. 2025
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Louisiana Utah Mississippi Virginia Arkansas Texas Montana North Carolina Idaho Kansas Kentucky Nebraska Indiana Alabama Florida South Carolina Tennessee Georgia Download USA TODAY's app to get to the heart of news Space object or sports car?—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Scarlett O’Hara, a wealthy white Southerner, picks her way out of the city, passing the littered remains of wagons and men while vultures hover overhead.—
Scott Spillman,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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OnTheSnow listed Keystone Resort as the best family-friendly destination, touting its free parking, free gear wagons to haul equipment and kid-centric activities like the Mountaintop Snow Fort, a winter playground made of snow complete with slides, caves and a tubing hill.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
The Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2025
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Doggett fell to the ground and was run over by the front passenger tire of the SUV.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
24 Jan. 2025
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The California Highway patrol still has not determined if the man — Dalton Towery-Britt, 33, of Antioch — was driving the SUV or if the driver was a woman who survived the crash.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Top speed for the convertible is 202 mph, equalling the coupe.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Quarterback Len Dawson waved at the crowd from a white convertible amid a procession of cars that rolled through downtown, beneath showers of confetti.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2025
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Bob hitches a ride to New York in the rear of a station wagon, the driver unknown, the small talk between them nonexistent, and is dropped off at the open maw of a tunnel.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2024
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By the 2000’s, station wagons had long been an afterthought in the U.S. market.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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To Toyota, the compact GR Yaris hatchback is a hero car.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Second place: Honda Civic hybrid Base price: $28,750 (excluding destination charge) Hybrid power made a welcome return to the Civic lineup in 2024, powering sedan and hatchback versions of the bestselling compact car.—
Mark Phelan,
Detroit Free Press,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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As black town cars snaked down Wall Street from 5.30 p.m., onlookers leaving the office craned their necks and did a double take inside the temporary tent popped up outside Cipriani.—
Freya Drohan,
Vogue,
3 Dec. 2024
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On Madison Avenue, behind a large brass door just north of 61st Street, there’s a portal to old New York—martini New York, town car New York, the one with all the shoulder pads and creative-class expense accounts.—
Josh Condon,
Robb Report,
1 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The low profile and slender flybridge hardtop also avoid a top-heavy look.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
30 Dec. 2024
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The model was introduced in 1953 as a convertible, and was produced from 1957 through 1960 as a Brougham (four-door hardtop).—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Woody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woody. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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