1
: one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia
2
: arid land with xerophilous vegetation found usually in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil
Examples of steppe in a Sentence
nomads have long grazed yaks on the steppes of Mongolia
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Why Europe can't defend itself without Trump: The winter bitterness of Romania's steppe was not the only chill as NATO soldiers exercised just miles from Ukraine last month.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
For a long time there was nothing but steppe, and then a single hut appeared.
—Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Marked by verdant steppe and graceful waterways, windswept Magallanes feels even less visited than neighboring southern Argentina, and abundant fauna—picture a Patagonian safari featuring playful guanacos, ostrich-like ñandus, regal condors, and chinstrap penguins.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024
The evidence, in other words, doesn’t point to an organized, mass rampage across the steppes.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 24 Feb. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
For a long time there was nothing but steppe, and then a single hut appeared.
—Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Marked by verdant steppe and graceful waterways, windswept Magallanes feels even less visited than neighboring southern Argentina, and abundant fauna—picture a Patagonian safari featuring playful guanacos, ostrich-like ñandus, regal condors, and chinstrap penguins.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024
The evidence, in other words, doesn’t point to an organized, mass rampage across the steppes.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for steppe
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“Steppe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steppe. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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steppe
noun
: land in regions of wide temperature range (as in southeastern Europe and parts of Asia) that is dry, usually rather level, and covered with grass
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