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
There has also been a growing emphasis on preserving existing vegetation and restoring degraded grasslands—often more effective than planting new trees in desert-prone regions.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The plains-wanderer is an unusual little bird that lives in the grasslands of Australia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
In the plains of northern Kazakhstan, swampy forests meet grasslands as rivers cut through the landscape.
—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
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The plains-wanderer is an unusual little bird that lives in the grasslands of Australia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
In the plains of northern Kazakhstan, swampy forests meet grasslands as rivers cut through the landscape.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
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From the prairie of Abilene, Texas, Crusoe plans to launch a hyperscale data center campus with 206 megawatts of capacity that’s expected to scale to 1.2 gigawatts by mid-2026.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
25 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
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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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Yes, in the market, but not on the steppe, not at a sanatorium.—
Daniel Mason,
Harper's Magazine,
2 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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But on the other hand, many more researchers looking at African savannas have found that elephants knock down lots of trees, converting forests into savannas and reducing carbon sequestration.—
Nitin Sekar,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
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Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.—
Matt Kracht,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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