steppe

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Recent Examples of steppe Many southerners think the Watford Gap motorway service station — which is confusingly 60 miles north of Watford, a town just north west of London — is the true gateway to the frozen steppes beyond. Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025 During this era, eastern Iranian farmers called the Sogdians dominated Central Asian trade and cities like Samarkand, while Turkic herders from the eastern steppes were thought to live on the periphery. Byandrew Lawler, science.org, 23 Oct. 2024 On the backs of horses, human civilization had grown, from the steppes of Asia to Greece, Rome, and Europe. Caroline Winterer / Made By History, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025 Born 43 years ago in the high steppes of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia—a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the Russian border—the Chinese bass Peixin Chen sings in primordial tones that set the whole hall and the listener’s rib cage humming. airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for steppe
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Noun
  • Drag slider compare photos The prairie had been prime for burning after a dry spell and powerful winds spread the flames, with the fire complex eventually growing to cover an area nearly as large as Rhode Island, killing 4,000 cattle and 8 people, and destroying 151 structures.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Drive across mostly empty prairie for an hour and come upon Sutton Bay and the place feels nearly surreal.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But, as their grassland habitat dwindled, so did their population.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Specifically, the credits now foreshadow particular moments that emerge over the course of the season: Look no further than the moment when innie Mark hobbles about a hilly grassland, which turns to be an actual milieu for a scene anchored by Gwendoline Christie in episode three.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The maria are vast, solidified lava plains that formed between 3.2 billion and 3.6 billion years ago from volcanic activity.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The mandate also targets oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and again revokes the conservation status of 28 million acres of public land that had been withdrawn from mineral and energy development since 1971.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • It’s known mostly for the Namib Desert coming down to the Atlantic Ocean coast, but also for mountains, canyons and savannas.
    Lea Lane, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • One of the new exhibits includes a 23-acre African savanna featuring rhinos, giraffes, cheetahs and lions, according to past reporting.
    Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Steppe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steppe. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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