glade
Americannoun
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glades
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of glade
1520–30; akin to glad 1, in obsolete sense “bright”
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The group hopes to improve the rare habitat by carrying out veteran tree care, glade creation and invasive-species control.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
The zany movie features a young environmental advocate who “hops” her consciousness into a robotic beaver and bands together with other woodland creatures to stop a planned freeway expansion through a glade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
Now that she’s an animal, she struggles to learn why the others have departed the glade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
At the apex of West Bowl, we pointed our skis down into the Whumphing Willows glade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
He pointed high above us, where flames and smoke were being drawn through a hole in the glade ceiling.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Across the UK, the ants have declined due to habitat loss, woodland fragmentation and changes in land management that have reduced the sunny woodland edges and glades they rely on.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Nature herself is more than shapeless irregularity; the woods have glades and groves, animal trails and vistas; like literature, they have rising and falling action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
What if we let some beavers chop down a few trees, creating little glades of open sky next to our ponds?
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
Genetic analyses indicate the pythons that live in the glades are all closely related.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Sunlight fell in shafts to the forest floor, washing over glades where nettles and papyrus sparkled with wild violets.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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