1
: a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees : copse
2
: something resembling a thicket in density or impenetrability : tangle
a political thicket
a thicket of reporters
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Examples of thicket in a Sentence
a dense thicket of rosebushes
flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows
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Listen to this article Patsy Hirsch and her husband moved to an Elgin subdivision nearly three decades ago, drawn by a backyard thicket of oak, hickory and cherry trees so dense the canopy blotted out the sun.
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Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
The war rages on, shaped by a thicket of conflicting geopolitical interests.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
People who die without a will can leave a thicket of probate problems for loved ones.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Putin’s foreign policy enjoys widespread support among the country’s ruling elite, and his legacy will include a thicket of unresolved disputes, chief among them that over the annexation of Crimea.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
The war rages on, shaped by a thicket of conflicting geopolitical interests.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
People who die without a will can leave a thicket of probate problems for loved ones.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Putin’s foreign policy enjoys widespread support among the country’s ruling elite, and his legacy will include a thicket of unresolved disputes, chief among them that over the annexation of Crimea.
—Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thicket. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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thicket
noun
thick·et
ˈthik-ət 
1
: a thick usually small patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
2
: something resembling a thicket in being crowded together or impenetrable
a thicket of fans
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