the land

noun

: land in the countryside that is thought of as providing a simple and good way of living

He wanted to move/get back to the land.

Examples of the land in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Several of those workers attended the protest at King Gillette Ranch, including Katie Preston, a park ranger who until Feb. 14 worked as an archaeological technician, surveying the land for natural and cultural resources. —Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025

The fate of Gaza has been discussed at length, including a proposal from President Donald Trump to remove residents from Gaza and redevelop the land, a proposal that drew widespread backlash, with some calling it ethnic cleansing. —Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2025

These special places, where natural processes rather than human influence shape the land, are woefully underrepresented in Connecticut (<1 percent) and New England at large (<4 percent). —Shelley Harms, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025

Despite intense opposition, the project moved forward and the land was declared surplus by the council in early 2024. —Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for the land

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand