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
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Winick Productions also allegedly filed a permit with New York City's Street Activity Permit Office to set up a tent or canopy outside MSG.
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Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
9 Feb. 2026
Occasioning all this was her cherry tree, a monumental Kanzan that canopies roughly two-thirds of her Brooklyn backyard and part of the one next door.
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Kholood Eid,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Noun
Buildings and streets trap heat and raise temperatures, particularly in neighborhoods with little tree canopy or green spaces.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Winick Productions also allegedly filed a permit with New York City's Street Activity Permit Office to set up a tent or canopy outside MSG.
—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
Verb
To shape as a tree, prune the main stem and canopy in spring, keeping growth balanced and rounded.
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Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
9 Feb. 2026
Occasioning all this was her cherry tree, a monumental Kanzan that canopies roughly two-thirds of her Brooklyn backyard and part of the one next door.
—
Kholood Eid,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canopy
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The fire is believed to have started on the solar array on the roof of the 500,000 square-foot building, which housed 85 million pounds of frozen food.
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Instead of a hallway of bedrooms under a single roof, the sleeping spaces are dispersed across the property, each with direct access to the gardens — a design more commonly found in tropical destinations than in a tony coastal enclave about 35 miles north of San Francisco.
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In the final months of pregnancy, the testicles descend through a passage called the inguinal canal to land in the scrotum, the pouch that protects them for the rest of a man’s life.
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This shampoo and conditioner are designed to strengthen and protect hair health while reducing frizz and split ends.
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Ward imagines a space inside a space, not unlike the custom tents and custom builds popular in luxury weddings right now (one tent took five days to assemble and recreate a Greek Orthodox church, Vogue reported).
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The request also includes tents outside Madison Square Garden and street closures around the iconic venue.
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Witnesses expressed shock over the incident, with one man arriving to his Walmart to shop and finding the parking lot covered in crime scene tape.
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The technology has drawn public controversy since Detroit first signed a contract covering certain police precincts in 2020, and again in late 2022.
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Other schools opted to use the grant funds to upgrade their visitor management platforms, which screens guests who enter the buildings.
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Riders are screened before competitions and anyone considered too inexperienced is denied entry.
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“Canopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canopy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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