The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Dozens of cars, some with their trunks opened to display camera equipment, were parked in the shadows of 30-foot saguaros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Huachuca base sat another former shipping container, this one occupied by a drone pilot and a camera operator, who pivoted the drone’s camera to scan 9 square miles of shrubs and saguaros for the migrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025
“Since 2020, we have had elevated mortality in our population of saguaros compared to mortality rates pre-2020,” said Kimberlie McCue, the garden’s chief science officer.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
The cultural shift began years ago in Phoenix, and many residents now take pride in their saguaros and palo verde trees, and post snapshots of bobcats and roadrunners in their yards.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2023
We both thought the prickly pear cactus looked like Ping-Pong paddles with whiskers, and that saguaros looked like dinosaur mittens.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
