as in steppe
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
you can see for miles in every direction on the prairie
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Recent Examples of prairie
Located along a longtime migratory path on Lake Michigan, Cook County attracts a wide variety of birds to the lakefront, as well as forest preserves, wetlands and prairies.
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Some residents fear the new development is ruining the quiet country lifestyle that attracted them to the area in the first place, while others have resigned themselves to the idea that Fort Worth’s growth will eventually envelop the prairies that nurtured the city’s cowboy heritage.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
Silos and grain elevators loom over flat prairies at the Archer Daniels Midland processing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 10 Jan. 2025
The forest surrounds the prairie and offers protection.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Some residents fear the new development is ruining the quiet country lifestyle that attracted them to the area in the first place, while others have resigned themselves to the idea that Fort Worth’s growth will eventually envelop the prairies that nurtured the city’s cowboy heritage.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
Silos and grain elevators loom over flat prairies at the Archer Daniels Midland processing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 10 Jan. 2025
The forest surrounds the prairie and offers protection.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prairie
Noun
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The new study presents strong genetic evidence linking Indo-European origins to the steppe.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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But what exactly is that? Steppe ancestry refers to the Pontic-Caspian steppes located north of the Black and Caspian Seas.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
5 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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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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Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
11 Oct. 2023
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Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.—
Alyssa Gautieri,
Good Housekeeping,
13 June 2023
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The natural waterway, which slices through the vast savanna in Queen Elizabeth National Park, is home to concentrations of the toothy mammal.—
Alexandra Owens,
AFAR Media,
10 Feb. 2025
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Whether in the misty forests of Costa Rica, the savannas of Kenya, or the rugged Highlands of Scotland, this new model of travel offers more than a vacation.—
Ashlee Marie Preston,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Opt to ride in open meadows, on mountain trails, in the desert Southwest.—
Lynn O'Rourke Hayes,
Boston Herald,
2 Feb. 2025
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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
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These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began.—
Lois Parshley,
Scientific American,
1 May 2018
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The Rovos line in all its splendor—a vision of green and white carriages that draws the eye across the yellow veld—owes its existence to the foresight of South African Rohan Vos, who, back in 1989, took the business from unlikely dream to realization.—
Caitlin Morton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Oct. 2023
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“Prairie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prairie. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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