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Recent Examples of heathland
The design of the New Course was inspired by classical heathland style.
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Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Stay at Sunriver Resort to gain access to the private heathland-style Crosswater (one of the Golf Digest honorees).
—Sunset Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
Trails weave through woods and heathland, veering to the rocky shore where harlequin ducks bob about the breakers.
—Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2021
The island’s fabled heathland, site of all those chest-throbbing novels, faded and disappeared as woodland, no longer needed for fuel, was given over to agriculture.
—Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019
Surfers, swimmers, bushwalkers, cyclists, and campers escape to the park, drawn by its beaches, rainforest, waterfalls, valleys, rocky cliffs, and coastal heathland.
—Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018
Denmark’s wolf pack has settled in an area of farmed heathland and pine plantations, The Guardian’s Barkham reports.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
LTERN covers more than 1100 long-term field plots in ecosystems including alpine grasslands, tall wet forests, temperate woodlands, heathlands, tropical savannas, rainforests, and deserts.
—John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2017
Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Stay at Sunriver Resort to gain access to the private heathland-style Crosswater (one of the Golf Digest honorees).
—Sunset Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
Trails weave through woods and heathland, veering to the rocky shore where harlequin ducks bob about the breakers.
—Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2021
The island’s fabled heathland, site of all those chest-throbbing novels, faded and disappeared as woodland, no longer needed for fuel, was given over to agriculture.
—Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019
Surfers, swimmers, bushwalkers, cyclists, and campers escape to the park, drawn by its beaches, rainforest, waterfalls, valleys, rocky cliffs, and coastal heathland.
—Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018
Denmark’s wolf pack has settled in an area of farmed heathland and pine plantations, The Guardian’s Barkham reports.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
LTERN covers more than 1100 long-term field plots in ecosystems including alpine grasslands, tall wet forests, temperate woodlands, heathlands, tropical savannas, rainforests, and deserts.
—John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heathland
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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
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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
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Seventeen-year-old Randy (Laurel Holloman) is a baby butch who enjoys long chain smokes in meadows and illicit tumbles with her married girlfriend in between shifts at the gas station.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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The trail takes hikers across a large meadow and then up to a gap between the First and Second Flatiron, according to AllTrails.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
17 Dec. 2024
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The region’s shepherds complain that Chinese soldiers have captured multiple pasturelands and restricted them from grazing their herds.—
Aijaz Hussain,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2024
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Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Download Article Across the world, complex social and market forces are driving the conversion of vast swaths of rain forests into pastureland, plantations, and cropland.—
Jeff Tollefson,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2013
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McEvoy said major changes included reducing the hazard status of irrigated farmland as well as hay and pasture lands.—
Claire Rush,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The main thing is that disagreement about what will meet and lead the needs of the consumer is what puts the past and present out to pasture, not protectionism.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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At dawn on a day in August, biologist Santiago Monroy and producer José Álvarez traversed through the Colombian forests and moors in search of birds.—
Alexa Robles-Gil,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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Well, Kenny and the hills, moors, forests, cliffs and beaches of Northumberland.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Likewise, the double-black diamond glades and chutes off of Highland’s High Temerity lift (definition: recklessly bold) is an Alpine adrenaline-seeker’s dream… although should only be undertaken by those sure in their skiing abilities.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Woods are a portion of the larger Harrison County Glades Conservation Area, which spans more than 5,300 acres of forests, glades, caves and streams.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
27 Dec. 2024
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Biel kept the rest of her look low ley, wearing a black peacoat and trousers.—
Catherine Santino,
Peoplemag,
10 May 2024
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While Watkins thought of ley lines as prehistoric walking paths or trade routes defined by invisible roads connecting various ancient structures and landmarks, the idea has had different interpretations over the years.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Dec. 2023
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“Heathland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heathland. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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