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the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production the musical was worth seeing just for the elaborate scenery

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Recent Examples of scenery Volpe could use a change of scenery and a smaller market. Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 Enjoy the scenery by practicing morning yoga on the white sand, catching the 20-minute long-tail boat to Hong Island (part of Than Bok Khorani National Park) for snorkeling or riding a speedboat to dive amid the coral reefs of nearby Bamboo Island. Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Wright’s and Cooke’s appropriately scenery-chomping performances alone justify the binge. Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025 Not being from a desert climate, the scenery was a real contrast to the Northeast. Zach Wichter, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scenery
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Noun
  • Her site, which grew out of a blog about motherhood and home décor, had become perhaps the most popular chronicler of Kennedy’s rise, offering half a million Substack followers an inside look at the Secretary’s new life in the upper echelons of the American right.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to keeping you warm and cozy through the fall and winter, the blanket can also double as decor when draped across the end of a bed or a sectional.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Robinson also explained the obscure engravings found on bullet casings that were left behind at the scene.
    Connor Greene, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office What To Know Videos posted on social media after the shooting showed officers carrying Zinn from the scene as students can be heard screaming.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Scenery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenery. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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