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
In the plains of northern Kazakhstan, swampy forests meet grasslands as rivers cut through the landscape.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Its lush grasslands and graphics are beautiful to look at, but feudal Japan’s landscapes can appear homogeneous.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
According to the report, grassland and aridland bird species show the fastest declines since 1970, with 43% of grassland birds lost and 41% of aridland birds lost.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Waterfowl, once considered a conservation success, have declined by 20% since 2014 from the loss of wetlands and grasslands.
—Sarah Metz, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Its lush grasslands and graphics are beautiful to look at, but feudal Japan’s landscapes can appear homogeneous.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
According to the report, grassland and aridland bird species show the fastest declines since 1970, with 43% of grassland birds lost and 41% of aridland birds lost.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Waterfowl, once considered a conservation success, have declined by 20% since 2014 from the loss of wetlands and grasslands.
—Sarah Metz, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
Noun
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What do beef tallow, prairie dresses and the quiet luxury trend all have in common?—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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These and other prairie plants provide an ideal habitat for hundreds of pollinators and insect species including bunchgrass skippers and dreamy dusky wing butterflies.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The monument features lava flows, cinder cones, and sagebrush steppe.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The land dried up, and the Aral Sea—the great oasis of the Asian steppes—evaporated.—
Henry Duckworth,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible on the plains through Sunday evening and stronger winds are forecast for Monday afternoon.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Born at a federal site in Florida, he was released in 2021 onto the Alligator River refuge, a swath of coastal plain on North Carolina’s eastern shore.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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Disney had people stationed across the savanna for Tucker’s protection.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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More than 30 percent of the biomass in such savannas gets consumed by termites hollowing out trunks from within, according to research by Zanne, a co-author of an article on deadwood and the carbon cycle in the 2024 Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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