Examples of scrubland in a Sentence
a large area of scrubland
the scrublands of the American West
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New Jersey Pine Barrens The New Jersey Pine Barrens, a large, beautiful national reserve in the southern part of the state, is a unique ecosystem composed of forests, scrubland and waterways.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
The first of two drones lifts off over the brown scrubland.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 16 Jan. 2025
Generally, the rich networks of plant life on Earth — from California’s coastal scrublands and marshes to the Amazon rainforest to the Sahara Desert — sequester carbon away from the atmosphere in their limbs, trunks and leaves.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
The multiple wildfires that have ravaged the state, have destroyed tens of thousands of acres of trees and scrubland, as well as people's homes.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
The first of two drones lifts off over the brown scrubland.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 16 Jan. 2025
Generally, the rich networks of plant life on Earth — from California’s coastal scrublands and marshes to the Amazon rainforest to the Sahara Desert — sequester carbon away from the atmosphere in their limbs, trunks and leaves.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
The multiple wildfires that have ravaged the state, have destroyed tens of thousands of acres of trees and scrubland, as well as people's homes.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrubland. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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scrubland
noun
scrub·land
ˈskrəb-ˌland 
: land covered with scrub
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