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Recent Examples of tuft
Spring in the South is wildflower season, when the countrysides burst with tufts of brightly colored blooms.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
And instead of French braids, the climber sprouted a single brown tuft of hair.
—Sam MacIlwaine, Outside, 3 Dec. 2025
Pennywise first rears his Bozo-esque orange tufts in 1986's IT, a horror epic about a group of outcasts, the Losers' Club, who unite to confront the shapeshifting, child-devouring entity that's been haunting Derry for hundreds of years.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
Little birds and forest rodents pulled out tufts of fur for their nests, revealing the clean bone beneath.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
And instead of French braids, the climber sprouted a single brown tuft of hair.
—Sam MacIlwaine, Outside, 3 Dec. 2025
Pennywise first rears his Bozo-esque orange tufts in 1986's IT, a horror epic about a group of outcasts, the Losers' Club, who unite to confront the shapeshifting, child-devouring entity that's been haunting Derry for hundreds of years.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
Little birds and forest rodents pulled out tufts of fur for their nests, revealing the clean bone beneath.
—Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuft
Noun
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Beyond them, the concrete of the 21st century falls away, replaced by creamy pillars and marble paving stretching into the distance, with green hills beyond.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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At the bottom of the hill, where there will eventually be a parking lot for visitors, Goldsworthy showed us a derelict building made from pinkish sandstone.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He was jailed in Nevada City, the seat of Nevada County about an hour’s drive from Truckee on the other side of a 7,000-foot mountain pass.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The event was put on hold for several minutes as medical professionals tended to Vonn and waited for a helicopter to carry her off the mountain.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Royals fell in love with his competitiveness on and off the mound.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Adam has been throwing off a mound since early December and, with Padres pitchers and catchers set for their first official workout of spring on Wednesday morning, is now throwing full-go bullpen sessions.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Tuft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuft. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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