Examples of scrubland in a Sentence
a large area of scrubland
the scrublands of the American West
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This is Everglades cattle country, with miles upon miles of slash pines and flat scrubland, pristine and still untouched by developers just 35 miles from Palm Beach County’s suburban sprawl.
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.
—Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The Wall Ranch, in Eagle Pass, Texas, occupies a thousand acres of scrubland along the Mexican border.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The land that surrounds the areas that burned is largely chaparral, a type of scrubland, said Ernesto Alvarado, a professor of forestry and forest fires at the University of Washington.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.
—Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The Wall Ranch, in Eagle Pass, Texas, occupies a thousand acres of scrubland along the Mexican border.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The land that surrounds the areas that burned is largely chaparral, a type of scrubland, said Ernesto Alvarado, a professor of forestry and forest fires at the University of Washington.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrubland. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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scrubland
noun
scrub·land
ˈskrəb-ˌland 
: land covered with scrub
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