as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa
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Recent Examples of grassland
Think of Valles Caldera as a mini Yellowstone, complete with hot springs, wildlife-viewing opportunities, and broad grasslands.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
Development is pushing more housing into fire-prone wooded and grassland areas.
—Jeff Young, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article Mass firings across federal agencies responsible for wildfire prevention and public lands management will endanger Coloradans and put at risk the state’s mountains, rivers and grasslands, state leaders said.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2025
Look no further than Khao Yai National Park, one of the country’s oldest and largest national parks, featuring more than 2,000 kilometers of rainforests, evergreen forests, and grasslands.
—Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
Development is pushing more housing into fire-prone wooded and grassland areas.
—Jeff Young, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article Mass firings across federal agencies responsible for wildfire prevention and public lands management will endanger Coloradans and put at risk the state’s mountains, rivers and grasslands, state leaders said.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2025
Look no further than Khao Yai National Park, one of the country’s oldest and largest national parks, featuring more than 2,000 kilometers of rainforests, evergreen forests, and grasslands.
—Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
Noun
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The acquisition expands the Lakewood Forest Preserve, the largest in the county with more than 2,900 acres of trails, woodlands, prairies, wetlands and lakes according to a county press release.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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In revealing how the prairie was consumed by colonization and agricultural practices time has proven detrimental, Smarsh’s piece is equal parts fascinating history and ecology lesson.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
19 Dec. 2024
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The land dried up, and the Aral Sea—the great oasis of the Asian steppes—evaporated.—
Henry Duckworth,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Yes, in the market, but not on the steppe, not at a sanatorium.—
Daniel Mason,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible on the plains through Sunday evening and stronger winds are forecast for Monday afternoon.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Born at a federal site in Florida, he was released in 2021 onto the Alligator River refuge, a swath of coastal plain on North Carolina’s eastern shore.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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The movie played on an outdoor cinema screen in an artificially aged amphitheatre nestled in a reservation in the desert, complete with a sprawling savanna.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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Shakespearean undercurrents provide the pulse of the narrative, a cat fight for the throne of a pride of lions on an African savanna alongside a coming-of-age cat tale.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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