as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa
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Recent Examples of grassland
Thanks to several years of extensive grassland restoration, however, the bobwhites have returned to Cumberland and their whistles can once again be heard like echoes from the abyss.
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The species is widespread across Ethiopia and known to inhabit woodlands and grasslands.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
The area around it is a unique and delicate ecosystem that includes estuaries and coastal grasslands, mud flats and more, where falcons, hawks, ravens, gulls and songbirds live.
—Robert A. Kopack, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
How to stop a fire When forests and grasslands ignite, crews follow a strategy called anchor and flank.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The species is widespread across Ethiopia and known to inhabit woodlands and grasslands.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
The area around it is a unique and delicate ecosystem that includes estuaries and coastal grasslands, mud flats and more, where falcons, hawks, ravens, gulls and songbirds live.
—Robert A. Kopack, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
How to stop a fire When forests and grasslands ignite, crews follow a strategy called anchor and flank.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
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Hang on to your bonnets, y’all—Laura Ingalls Wilder is making her way back to the prairie.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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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.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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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
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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.—
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7 Dec. 2024
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Leave a comment View Comments The formations have also provided insight into one of the biggest mysteries on Mars — why the planet has a marked boundary between the soaring highlands of its southern hemisphere and shallow plains in the northern hemisphere.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic plains on Mars.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Around the turn of the century, Israel’s forestry department converted part of the Negev Desert into a savanna, planting trees in a mosaic of natural and altered patches to boost species diversity.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
30 Sep. 2024
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They are found in forests, savannas and wetlands of West Africa.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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