variants
also savannah
as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
lions roaming the savanna
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Recent Examples of savanna
Oak savanna are another kind of grassland habitat where oak trees are scattered within native grasses and flowering plants.
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
But on the other hand, many more researchers looking at African savannas have found that elephants knock down lots of trees, converting forests into savannas and reducing carbon sequestration.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.
—Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The movie played on an outdoor cinema screen in an artificially aged amphitheatre nestled in a reservation in the desert, complete with a sprawling savanna.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
But on the other hand, many more researchers looking at African savannas have found that elephants knock down lots of trees, converting forests into savannas and reducing carbon sequestration.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.
—Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The movie played on an outdoor cinema screen in an artificially aged amphitheatre nestled in a reservation in the desert, complete with a sprawling savanna.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savanna
Noun
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What do beef tallow, prairie dresses and the quiet luxury trend all have in common?—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Surrounded by expressways and suburban homes, the prairie escaped waves of suburban development in the 20th century and was dedicated as an Illinois Nature Preserve in 1980.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The monument features lava flows, cinder cones, and sagebrush steppe.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The land dried up, and the Aral Sea—the great oasis of the Asian steppes—evaporated.—
Henry Duckworth,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Whereas mammoths preferred the cold, dry grasslands that spread as Ice Age glaciers expanded, Mammut preferred the warmer, wetter habitats of Pleistocene forests and thrived during the interglacial reprieves from the ice.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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The population of grassland birds in the U.S. has dropped by 43% since 1970, as row-crop production, drought and habitat loss take their toll, the report says.—
Sarah Metz,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible on the plains through Sunday evening and stronger winds are forecast for Monday afternoon.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Low visibility and high winds have caused multiple crashes across the south plains in Texas.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Savanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savanna. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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