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sylvan

[sil-vuhn] / ˈsɪl vən /
ADJECTIVE
woodsy
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If it weren’t for the long-ago gift of some 3,000 gorgeous sylvan acres from a cranky jailbird with a civic conscience and a large and very taxable real estate portfolio, we wouldn’t have Griffith Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

So neither Danny nor I are surprised that this prequel opens on the sylvan fields of Valinor where Elven children play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

The sylvan property set on a 2,600-acre nature preserve has been hosting the tribute since 1988, a year after the movie’s release.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

According to the DSM-5, my trauma originated in learning about Jason’s trauma; it arose in that moment when I stepped off the veranda beside that sylvan lake and checked my email.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022

The darkness of natural as well as of sylvan dusk gathered over me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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