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cedar

[see-der] / ˈsi dər /
NOUN
tree
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Its buildings, made of limestone, glass, cedar slats and copper, blend with their surroundings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Commodities such as cedar, tin/lead, oils, tree resins, lapis lazuli and silver, all materials that Egypt lacked, were imported by the Egyptian state.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Important discoveries in recent years include the remains of columns and bases from a Roman temple in Maasser al-Shouf in the mountains southeast of Beirut, nestled next to a millennia-old cedar forest.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Spanning 3,180 square feet, the home is akin to a resort-level wellness retreat, offering a large cedar hot tub, a cold plunge, and a dry sauna.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Beside him the tree, a thick-fringed cedar, rose up dark and green to the ceiling.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

"We've already lost trees," said Rosie Fyles, head of gardens at Chiswick House in west London, whose Kent-designed shady lawns dotted with statues and cedars of Lebanon date back to the 18th century.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

"Previously, it was spruces or cedars, but today, we find endemic species better adapted to the climate," Merdan Arazmedov, a member of Turkmenistan's Nature Protection Society, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025

By arborist Rebecca Latta’s estimate, thousands of trees in Altadena have been tagged for removal: oaks, pines, sycamores, deodar cedars — trees that have canopied the town for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

On Christmas Tree Lane, the large cedars lining the road were still draped with old-school holiday lights — but nearly all the homes were ruined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

“He’s not going to come within a hundred yards of those cedars anyway.”

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner


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