the land
noun
: land in the countryside that is thought of as providing a simple and good way of living
He wanted to move/get back to the land.
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Yet, despite this legacy, the grove remained in private hands until 1935, when the federal government finally acquired the land and integrated it into Sequoia National Forest.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
This sets the land in the same time period as the 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' series.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Although apartheid − a period during which South Africa was controlled by the country's White minority and Black South Africans were deprived of basic civil rights – ended in 1994, White people still own a large majority of the land and control a hugely outsized share of the country's wealth.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The Nicaraguan native and engineer bought the land with the intent to conserve the tropical forest and its wildlife.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
This sets the land in the same time period as the 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' series.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Although apartheid − a period during which South Africa was controlled by the country's White minority and Black South Africans were deprived of basic civil rights – ended in 1994, White people still own a large majority of the land and control a hugely outsized share of the country's wealth.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The Nicaraguan native and engineer bought the land with the intent to conserve the tropical forest and its wildlife.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the land
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“The land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20land. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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