Thesaurus results for TURF

turf

noun

as in territory

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Recent Examples of turf Also at the meeting, the board approved a $900,000 golf club expenditure request for a turf renovation project, converting the current cool-season grass to warm-season Bermuda grass. —

Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026 Outdoor irrigation — particularly the watering of cool-season turf such as Kentucky bluegrass — has historically accounted for approximately 50% of Aurora’s total annual water use. —

Mike Coffman, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026 The mountainous region is one of various points in the state where a turf war has played out for more than a year between two rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel. —

Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026 Others employ leaf blowers, taking care not to degrade the artificial turf. —

Donna Gordon Blankinship, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for turf

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Researchers also learned that these 7- to 10-pound creatures, which are not much larger than a house cat, are impressively agile and travel about seven miles a day in extremely rugged territory.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The legislation defines crimes such as bank robberies and the use of violence to dominate territories or economic activities, with sentences reaching up to 66 years.

— Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026