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sylvan

[sil-vuhn] / ˈsɪl vən /
ADJECTIVE
woodsy
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From the village of Malham we hiked to Malham Cove, which rose in near miraculous silver splendor among the sylvan greenery, and then ascended the nearly 500 steps to its top.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Because you do not go to an airport to shop, dine or wander through a sylvan landscape, that’s why.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 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

While it’s hard today to imagine the Baileys’ Adams Morgan home as a sylvan retreat, apparently it was.

From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022

Ihe sylvan fields, forests, and shores had been mowed down, paved over, and built up with roads, bridges, hospitals, boatyards, jails, and military bases, cities in and of themselves.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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