The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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
So we made our wet way through the circular maze of yews and into the stunning castle, which elegantly bridges the Cher River.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 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
Conifers include familiar evergreen trees such as pines, spruces, firs, cedars, sequoias, and yews.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Behind it stood two smaller mounds, and around them loomed a dense thicket of yews and ivy choked holly trees.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
