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Recent Examples of heathland
The design of the New Course was inspired by classical heathland style.
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Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Stay at Sunriver Resort to gain access to the private heathland-style Crosswater (one of the Golf Digest honorees).
—Sunset Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
Trails weave through woods and heathland, veering to the rocky shore where harlequin ducks bob about the breakers.
—Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2021
The island’s fabled heathland, site of all those chest-throbbing novels, faded and disappeared as woodland, no longer needed for fuel, was given over to agriculture.
—Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019
Surfers, swimmers, bushwalkers, cyclists, and campers escape to the park, drawn by its beaches, rainforest, waterfalls, valleys, rocky cliffs, and coastal heathland.
—Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018
Denmark’s wolf pack has settled in an area of farmed heathland and pine plantations, The Guardian’s Barkham reports.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
LTERN covers more than 1100 long-term field plots in ecosystems including alpine grasslands, tall wet forests, temperate woodlands, heathlands, tropical savannas, rainforests, and deserts.
—John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2017
Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Stay at Sunriver Resort to gain access to the private heathland-style Crosswater (one of the Golf Digest honorees).
—Sunset Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
Trails weave through woods and heathland, veering to the rocky shore where harlequin ducks bob about the breakers.
—Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2021
The island’s fabled heathland, site of all those chest-throbbing novels, faded and disappeared as woodland, no longer needed for fuel, was given over to agriculture.
—Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019
Surfers, swimmers, bushwalkers, cyclists, and campers escape to the park, drawn by its beaches, rainforest, waterfalls, valleys, rocky cliffs, and coastal heathland.
—Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018
Denmark’s wolf pack has settled in an area of farmed heathland and pine plantations, The Guardian’s Barkham reports.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
LTERN covers more than 1100 long-term field plots in ecosystems including alpine grasslands, tall wet forests, temperate woodlands, heathlands, tropical savannas, rainforests, and deserts.
—John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heathland
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In the plains of northern Kazakhstan, swampy forests meet grasslands as rivers cut through the landscape.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Its lush grasslands and graphics are beautiful to look at, but feudal Japan’s landscapes can appear homogeneous.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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If that nature trail isn’t quiet enough for you, hike deeper into the Spruce Knob-Seneca Creek Backcountry, where 60 miles of trail explores meadows, streams, and hardwood forests.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
4 Mar. 2025
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But starting around 1910, the raw material of Pyrenean meadows, the sheep’s milk itself, became nationally marketable.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Mar. 2025
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Brazil has immense amounts of arable and potentially arable land, much of which, in today’s environmentally conscious world, will thankfully come from the conversion of sub-par pastureland rather than the destruction of rainforest.—
Sal Gilbertie,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The region’s shepherds complain that Chinese soldiers have captured multiple pasturelands and restricted them from grazing their herds.—
Aijaz Hussain,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2024
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Things haven't reached the point where pilots are being put out to pasture, but the military advantages of increasingly sophisticated autonomous aircraft are becoming more apparent as time passes.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
10 Mar. 2025
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Cricket might be a British Commonwealth sport, evoking staid images of players in all whites with bat and ball in hand in green pastures, but it is entirely ruled by India with an iron fist.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Many of the migrants are coming from China and making their way to The Bahamas, where smugglers take them in boats that moor in the mangroves along South Florida’s waterways before waiting vans pick them up.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2025
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Nowhere is colder and more inhospitable in the whole of Season 1 than Episode’s 1 high mountain moors scenes where José Arcadio’s expedition edges along a path half way up a precipice, a mule slipping into the void.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, one professional hunter leads the charge to undermine the competition, questioning what hides beneath the python mania gripping the ‘glades.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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At the sight of the beautiful low-angle glade covered in undulating powder, the Rogers duo looked equally excited and apprehensive.—
David Goodman,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Biel kept the rest of her look low ley, wearing a black peacoat and trousers.—
Catherine Santino,
Peoplemag,
10 May 2024
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While Watkins thought of ley lines as prehistoric walking paths or trade routes defined by invisible roads connecting various ancient structures and landmarks, the idea has had different interpretations over the years.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Dec. 2023
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“Heathland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heathland. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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