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a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass
The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife.
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Recent Examples of meadow
The listing would prohibit some activities that destroy milkweed at times when monarchs are present, including the destruction or conversion of wild meadows with milkweed plants on federal lands.
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Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
Patches of snow covered his meadow, a golden expanse in northwestern Colorado where Bruchez’s family has run cattle for about 25 years.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
The 250-square-mile national park was the first park established by the Spanish government (in 1918) and includes alpine peaks, meadows, and lakes that feel similar to landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
The park is full of remote beaches, steep cliffs, expansive meadows, and pristine forests.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
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Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
Patches of snow covered his meadow, a golden expanse in northwestern Colorado where Bruchez’s family has run cattle for about 25 years.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
The 250-square-mile national park was the first park established by the Spanish government (in 1918) and includes alpine peaks, meadows, and lakes that feel similar to landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
The park is full of remote beaches, steep cliffs, expansive meadows, and pristine forests.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meadow
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Male and female beavers work together to build their lodge and create a habitat by using sticks, branches, rocks, grass and mud to construct their dams.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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He wasn’t born in a hospital, but to a midwife in a circular mud hut with a grass roof.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Kim Kardashian faces lawsuit amid her own legal training The suit comes amid Kardashian's nascent interest in entering the legal field.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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The pain had only really started to kick in after getting carted off the field and brought by ambulance to a hospital.—
Sam Blum,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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But, as their grassland habitat dwindled, so did their population.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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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
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In the spring, nearby pastures fill with wildflowers unseen by the inmates.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Money will be exiting the stock market all year into the safer and somewhat greener pastures.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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And on Tuesday, new details emerged in the indictment of Mr. Bolsonaro showing that, according to Brazilian investigators, the former president had met with military agents about a detailed plot to fatally shoot Justice Moraes as part of their bid to hold on to power.—
Jack Nicas,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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In a world that seems more dangerous, with nefarious foreign actors, states, terrorists, plots and wars occurring in different regions of the world, DSS personnel are critical to maintaining U.S. national security presence and keeping U.S. embassies and American citizens safe.—
Donald J. Mihalek,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Reddish light, which travels more directly in the air, manifests to ground observers during sunrises and sunsets when the sun is near the horizon and its incoming light travels at a longer, low-angle path through Earth's atmosphere.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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The water ice on the surface of the world suggests that there should be more water hidden below ground.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Meadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meadow. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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