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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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Most of the Polish villages had disappeared from the map; sometimes the only signs they ever existed are the apple trees left behind in fields and forest clearings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

He’s also missed a number of apartment tours because of encampment clearings, including on Aug. 14, when instead of visiting a promising apartment, he spent the day packing and hauling his belongings.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025

He also asked his crew to be on the lookout for clearings - free from trees and bushes - just in case one was needed.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 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

The moons are high and I can see two long huts in two separate clearings on hillsides across the way.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness