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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 708-acre property, 20 minutes from downtown, has terraces, gardens, a cabin, a creek, oak trees, flower meadows, and mountain views.
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The Week Staff, theweek, 24 Dec. 2024
These birds primarily breed in Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, favoring open landscapes like wetlands, meadows, and agricultural fields.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
To walk here is to walk in awe, with iconic waterfalls tumbling thousands of feet to their rocky demise and serene meadows juxtaposed by the mighty El Capitan and Half Dome formations.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
An arched meadow of white florals surrounded the bride and groom, with the Jupiter Lighthouse on display behind them.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Week Staff, theweek, 24 Dec. 2024
These birds primarily breed in Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, favoring open landscapes like wetlands, meadows, and agricultural fields.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
To walk here is to walk in awe, with iconic waterfalls tumbling thousands of feet to their rocky demise and serene meadows juxtaposed by the mighty El Capitan and Half Dome formations.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
An arched meadow of white florals surrounded the bride and groom, with the Jupiter Lighthouse on display behind them.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meadow
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The sparks hit dry grass and set off a blaze that, in combination with another, burned more than six hundred square miles across four counties and lasted a hundred and sixty-one days.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
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The drone took a tumble and fell about fifteen feet onto soft grass, but the propeller guards did their job, and there was no damage to the aircraft.PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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Each comment builds your reputation as the go-to person in your field.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Once upon a time, Kansas City Star photographers assigned to work a Chiefs game would focus entirely on what happened on the field.Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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Smaller explosions peppered the forest and grasslands.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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While mammoths were adapted to cold, open tundras and the grasslands of Europe, North America and Asia during the Ice Age, mastodons were found in woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Rosewood Cape Kidnappers, Hawke’s Bay, North Island Rosewood Cape Kidnappers is situated on 6,000 rolling acres of pasture land.Roger Sands, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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By 1912, the species was well-established in alfalfa fields and pastures of California, including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
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The military prosecutor alleges that Besigye withheld intelligence about a plot to destabilize Uganda and attempted to purchase weapons from foreign sources in Geneva, Athens and Nairobi.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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This article contains spoilers from Squid Game Season 1 that impact the plot of Season 2.Sara Merican, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Kettles, moraines, eskers, drumlins, wetlands, hanging valleys, outwash plains: Across, down, and up Wisconsin, you crisscross these glacial vestiges, repeated in random bursts like a particularly chaotic and tremendous platter of hotdish.Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2024
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The high-wind warning is in place for the Rocky Mountain Front and adjacent foothills and plains, as well as eastern Glacier, western Toole and central Pondera counties.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of years ago, southern Wisconsin transitioned from a closed-canopy oak forest to an oak savanna—in an open prairie, oaks, instead of growing straight and tall, branch too early for canoe-making.Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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Scientists have demonstrated how the Santa Ana winds and dry grounds are principally responsible for the devastation of the fires.Shaun Harper, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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Our Gen Z students want to feel connected to their larger community; offering products that reflect their unique environment helps foster that connection and build a sense of pride and enthusiasm that extends beyond the campus grounds.Emmanuel Kolady, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Meadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meadow. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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