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Recent Examples of terra firma
Whether on terra firma, navigating the waterways, atop lofty peaks, or traversing the gentle prairie lands amid rural tranquility or the vibrant cityscape, there’s an adventure awaiting in every season.
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Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
Having already witnessed the birth of the Antichrist and the first rampage of the Strangers, audiences will get a close gander at the moment when the extraterrestrial good listeners of A Quiet Place started tearing across our terra firma.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024
Turtles also spent time both in the lake and on terra firma.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Jupiter has a strange core As a gas giant, Jupiter isn’t terra firma—all the way down to its fuzzy core.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
Having already witnessed the birth of the Antichrist and the first rampage of the Strangers, audiences will get a close gander at the moment when the extraterrestrial good listeners of A Quiet Place started tearing across our terra firma.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024
Turtles also spent time both in the lake and on terra firma.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Jupiter has a strange core As a gas giant, Jupiter isn’t terra firma—all the way down to its fuzzy core.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terra firma
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Radon is produced when uranium, a radioactive element, breaks down in soil, rock, and water in the environment.Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
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About three dozen countries provide automatic citizenship to people born on their soil, including U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico and most South American countries.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Barriers To New Development: Is there available land nearby, and what are the entitlement barriers to building competing shopping centers?Mike Hazinski, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate.Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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Eleven years ago, the direct combat exclusion rule was lifted and by 2015, women began reporting to ground combat units, including infantry and special operations.James LaPorta, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Many Chinese five-spice blends comprise ground star anise seed, cinnamon or its close relative cassia, cloves, Sichuan pepper, and ground fennel seeds.Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
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Notes of plum, earth and spice round out the finish.Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The earth’s global temperature experiences natural variation over time.Elizabeth Weise, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terra%20firma. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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