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a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass
The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife.
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Recent Examples of meadow
The listing would prohibit some activities that destroy milkweed at times when monarchs are present, including the destruction or conversion of wild meadows with milkweed plants on federal lands.
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Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
Patches of snow covered his meadow, a golden expanse in northwestern Colorado where Bruchez’s family has run cattle for about 25 years.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
The 250-square-mile national park was the first park established by the Spanish government (in 1918) and includes alpine peaks, meadows, and lakes that feel similar to landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
The park is full of remote beaches, steep cliffs, expansive meadows, and pristine forests.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
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Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
Patches of snow covered his meadow, a golden expanse in northwestern Colorado where Bruchez’s family has run cattle for about 25 years.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
The 250-square-mile national park was the first park established by the Spanish government (in 1918) and includes alpine peaks, meadows, and lakes that feel similar to landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
The park is full of remote beaches, steep cliffs, expansive meadows, and pristine forests.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meadow
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Acceptable items for the site include leaves, grass clippings and wood, while unacceptable items include plastic bags, trash, lumber, soil or dirt, animal waste, rock and metal, according to the website.—
Noah Mitchell,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The challenge of natural grass, desired by FIFA for a World Cup, also becomes more difficult in a stadium with a roof given the need for sunlight.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Drivers will compete head-to-head, starting with a field of 32 drivers, shrinking to 16, eight, four and then the final two remaining drivers will battle for a $1 million prize.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
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Autor also suggests that the field was failing to ask the right questions and look carefully at the evidence, and that economists didn't have the same data-crunching abilities back then.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Sahel’s delicate grasslands, for instance, are rapidly giving way to desert shrubs.—
Narcisa Pricope,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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With Bini having put himself out to pasture, the field and the future feel abstract.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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Mad About the Boy, an adaptation of the slapdash third novel that starts streaming on Peacock on February 13, keeps the trope-laden structure, but finds surprising depth in a devastating plot twist.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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As for Dexter, he’s forced into a minor plot detour to draw blood, inadvertently giving up two pints himself (one because Clark has had an HIV exposure and needs to pass off someone else’s blood as his own, and the other because Masuka corners Dexter into donating).—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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The air fryer takes the humble food of the plains and Rust Belt—wings, fries, onion rings, nuggets, yesterday's pizza—and crisps it up for you at home.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
6 Feb. 2025
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However, colder-than-normal conditions are expected hold in parts of the Northwest and northern plains.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Today, its exhibits feature live animals, taxidermy specimens, recreations of the region’s former prairies and woodlands, and educational materials about sustaining the natural environment.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The site is surrounded by the remnants of a tall grass prairie that once covered millions of acres of Minnesota and the West.—
John Diers,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Israel responded with a military campaign—a sustained aerial bombardment and then a ground invasion.—
Claudine Ebeid,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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The cafe’s goal is to break ground this spring and finish construction no later than December.—
Kendall Larson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Meadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meadow. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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