as in bottomland
an area where the land is at, near, or below the level of the sea and where there are not usually mountains or large hills
—usually plural
a village in the lowlands
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Recent Examples of lowland
Rather than focusing on the plateau itself, the work focuses on the neighboring lowlands, which include a large region dotted with thousands of buttes and mesas that rise roughly a kilometer above the surrounding plains.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
The northern lowlands are believed to have been home to oceans that covered up to one third of the Martian surface.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
The images revealed that Mars' southern highlands rise almost four miles higher than the smooth and flat northern lowlands.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Denver Given their size, bald eagle nests need a substantial tree to host them, and in the lowlands of Colorado, that’s almost exclusively old-growth cottonwoods.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
The northern lowlands are believed to have been home to oceans that covered up to one third of the Martian surface.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
The images revealed that Mars' southern highlands rise almost four miles higher than the smooth and flat northern lowlands.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Denver Given their size, bald eagle nests need a substantial tree to host them, and in the lowlands of Colorado, that’s almost exclusively old-growth cottonwoods.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowland
Noun
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Often, deer that bed in flatter creek or river bottomlands bed close to the water.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
19 Dec. 2024
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There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
20 Dec. 2024
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Whereas mammoths preferred the cold, dry grasslands that spread as Ice Age glaciers expanded, Mammut preferred the warmer, wetter habitats of Pleistocene forests and thrived during the interglacial reprieves from the ice.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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The population of grassland birds in the U.S. has dropped by 43% since 1970, as row-crop production, drought and habitat loss take their toll, the report says.—
Sarah Metz,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Dress them up with a blouse and flats for office days, or go off-duty with a graphic tee and blazer for a cool, casual airport look.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2025
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If these sunny Mary Jane ballet flats immediately put a smile on your face, same!—
Victoria Montalti,
Refinery29,
3 Apr. 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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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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The final version will be largely CGI—the trailer features Krypto dragging Superman across a frozen tundra, a feat that even Jolene couldn’t pull off.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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The warming of large swaths of its vast tundra and boreal forests certainly holds significant economic potential.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
11 Oct. 2023
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Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.—
Alyssa Gautieri,
Good Housekeeping,
13 June 2023
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“Lowland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowland. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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