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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

At the end of its own cul-de-sac, it was a large modern house of the “architectural” sort, bleached cedar, its split levels and asymmetrical terraces self-consciously bare.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Though the park is mostly evergreens, you will see changing leaves on scattered maples, black oaks and Pacific dogwood, cottonwoods and cedars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

"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

Preserving the trees is critical, because without the cedars, there is no Christmas Tree Lane.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025

They took the DeSoto over snow-dazzled roads decorated with cracked and fallen branches and with the green twigs of cedars and hemlocks.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson


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