public land

noun

: land owned by a government

specifically : that part of the U.S. public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws

Examples of public land in a Sentence

the management of public lands The government will auction off 20 parcels of public land.

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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland could stay on, continuing her focus on opening public lands for renewable energy while promoting environmental protection and tribal outreach. —

Daniel Moore, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024 Get in Touch ProPublica is reporting on public land, the agencies that oversee it and the industries that profit off of it. —

Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2024 In Texas Chain Saw, the teenagers invading property that isn’t theirs, rather than the teens being hunted on public land, as the slasher tropes that would follow established. —

Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024 There are also valid concerns about a Trump-Vance administration developing public lands for the sake of industry growth and dismantling the agencies charged with overseeing national conservation work. —

Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for public land