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- noun Plural form of
canopy .
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Examples
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-- But stories are like trees, growing into vast canopies from a single seed or from a broken branch that takes root in the right soil.
The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005
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-- But stories are like trees, growing into vast canopies from a single seed or from a broken branch that takes root in the right soil.
Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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The gables, the pinnacles, and the tops of the canopies are the work of Sir Gilbert Scott, who found the sedilia in a mutilated condition.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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Mayor Rogers says removal of the canopies is a priority with the Task Force which wants to be "action oriented."
Opinion 250: News Opinion 250 - News for Northern 2010
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The recalled canopies were sold in blue and pink in the company's catalog, online and at The Land of Nod stores in Illinois and Washington state from September 2003 through October 2005.
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Description: The recalled canopies involve the "Home Sweet Playhome" model made of
US Consumer Product Safety Commission - Recent recalls and product safety news 2009
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There are other known causes such as canopies or mature trees inhibiting adequate sunlight from penetrating the understory.
Thomas Paine's Corner Bite Club 2010
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Crown, made of gold, silver, and silk; several saddles covered with velvet of different colours; an immense quantity of bed-furniture, such as canopies, and the like, some of them most richly ornamented with pearl; some royal dresses, so extremely magnificent as to raise any one’s admiration at the sums they must have cost.
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A raftful floats by every day, dainty blue canopies flaring in the breeze.
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Each boat was festooned with bright canopies and trimmed with ribbons and ropes of fresh flowers.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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