The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Like other yews, this plant tolerates full sun to full shade, but more sun or bright open shade produces the most luminous color.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
As the forklift advanced, Brown’s sister, Carol, looked at the yews bordering the plaza and said, “Stick it in the bushes, like Sean Spicer.”
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2017
A large evergreen that was dripping sap onto the statue was removed, replaced by Irish yews.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2016
For a project at a London townhouse, yews clipped into massive rectangles are lined up colonnade-style, framing an impeccable tapis vert that is reached by ascending a broad flight of limestone steps.
From Architectural Digest ● May 20, 2015
The sun was out and the sky too bright a blue to look at as the snow melted off the yews and came clumping down.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
