heathland

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Recent Examples of heathland The design of the New Course was inspired by classical heathland style. 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
Noun
  • The Sahel’s delicate grasslands, for instance, are rapidly giving way to desert shrubs.
    Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to kill deer.
    Jim Robbin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Opt to ride in open meadows, on mountain trails, in the desert Southwest.
    Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Roughly 20 miles of the Towpath sit inside the park, passing through small towns and meadows full of wildflowers, like trillium and bloodroot, with deer and foxes along the way.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Download Article Across the world, complex social and market forces are driving the conversion of vast swaths of rain forests into pastureland, plantations, and cropland.
    Jeff Tollefson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2013
Noun
  • The lawsuit was first filed by a group of 35 children and adults in 2020 but grew over the years to include other Tennesseans, including a family who lost coverage after their renewal paperwork was mailed to a horse pasture.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
  • With Bini having put himself out to pasture, the field and the future feel abstract.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The film centers on the discovery of a skeleton buried in a moor in rural East Germany, sparking curiosity among the locals.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Only a few hours’ drive from Heathrow, its sandy beaches, dramatic moors (don’t miss the Jurassic Coast UNESCO World Heritage Site), and increasingly interesting culinary scene are just a few of the county’s delights.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 27 July 2024
Noun
  • After a day of exploring the bowls or hitting the glades, the combination of the spicy green chili — with a glizzy — is truly unmatched.
    Lizzy Rosenberg, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The federal government is no stranger to lawsuits gumming up the works of Everglades restoration projects, but the latest suit has a novel approach: that a decade’s worth of construction on the edge of the glades will infringe on the religious freedom of local Buddhists.
    Lauren Costantino and, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Biel kept the rest of her look low ley, wearing a black peacoat and trousers.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • 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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