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clearings

  • plural
    of clearing.
    clearing
    noun
    the act of a person or thing that clears; the process of becoming clear.

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He’s lost tools, scooters, and generators during at least eight city encampment clearings.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025

Yatai stressed to us that they are not the same as these rougher operations, some little more than a collection of sheds built in forest clearings.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025

As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Just beyond the southern shore there are old timber-company clearings which could someday be converted into trails that hikers can use to reach the adjacent Tahoe National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024

Below, in one of the little clearings in the brush lay the red pony.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck