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Recent Examples of upland The site also boasts grasslands, dry forests and upland areas — just about every habitat southern Indiana has to offer. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024 The country’s upland areas are covered by a patchwork of teams made up of locals from all walks of life. Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024 Aided by legislation that rewards landowners for increasing the biodiversity of the Welsh uplands, his group has been planting trees — more than 300,000 at this point, including that rowan. Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024 The East Bay hills, San Jose’s Santa Teresa and Blossom Hill neighborhoods, communities around Mount Diablo, and uplands west of Palo Alto and Stanford University are some areas where an out-of-control grass fire could set homes ablaze, Carter said. Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for upland
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Noun
  • If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The spa has a similar indoor-outdoor feel: the yoga studio looks out onto greenery while hot and cold plunge pools come with a wide view of the hills.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ohtani should find his way back to the mound at some point this season and reestablish himself as a dominant force, not only as a batter but also as a pitcher.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • With a left-hander on the mound, Oscar Gonzalez will start in left field and Yuli Gurriel will serve as the DH, sending Gavin Sheets to a pinch-hitting role.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Crafted in the highlands of Jalisco by Maestra Tequilera Ana María Romero, one of Mexico’s most trusted, respected and awarded tequila authorities, produces a line of premium tequilas that includes blanco, reposado, añejo and cristalino.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Drama centers on a bored tuk-tuk driver who leaves his family in the highlands to work in the city.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • John Shine described to me a research trip to the hostile mountain environs of Tasmania, where snakes stay under cover except for the 20 or 30 warm days each year.
    Stephen S. Hall, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • That’s because Prather’s lush pastures back up against a secluded mountain ridge running from nearby Mt. Shasta north to the Oregon border.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Upland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upland. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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