as in grass
a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass
The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife.
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Recent Examples of meadow
Image Are those rabbits or ducks floating in the meadow?
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Ben Hatke, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Opt to ride in open meadows, on mountain trails, in the desert Southwest.
—Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Roughly 20 miles of the Towpath sit inside the park, passing through small towns and meadows full of wildflowers, like trillium and bloodroot, with deer and foxes along the way.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
The pool could have been situated well away from trees, in the meadow outside the back door, but who wants to wreck a meadow?
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ben Hatke, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Opt to ride in open meadows, on mountain trails, in the desert Southwest.
—Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Roughly 20 miles of the Towpath sit inside the park, passing through small towns and meadows full of wildflowers, like trillium and bloodroot, with deer and foxes along the way.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
The pool could have been situated well away from trees, in the meadow outside the back door, but who wants to wreck a meadow?
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meadow
Noun
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Weed-and-feeds can be substituted for normal feedings; apply when the grass is growing.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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Allen Villanueva sat at the top of a hill of artificial grass in San Francisco with his shih tzu, Gio, looking down at the plaza outside UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Mission Bay.—
Jia H. Jung,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Herro started slow, finding himself with just two points on 1-of-5 shooting from the field midway through the second quarter.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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The corn and sugarcane fields of Punjab and Haryana had given way, by the second day, to fields of millet and soybean and lines of orange trees.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Grand Teton National Park Located just 10 miles from Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park showcases the dramatic mountain range, its grasslands and nearby lakes.—
Andrea Agostni Ferrer,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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In the 20th century, after scientists found many fossils and stone tools in East African savannas, many researchers concluded that our species was especially adapted to life in grasslands and open woodlands, where humans could hunt great herds of mammals.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Browsing and trampling by sheep and cattle also created these pastures.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Mar. 2025
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Rainfall was 53% lower this year than the average of the last 30 years, causing a lack of pasture for livestock to feed on.—
Reuters,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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None of this has been decisively refuted or permanently canceled, but the plot lines have run into complications.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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Imagine a system that, every so often, interrupts a predictable rotation with a track a listener might never choose on their own—a musical plot twist that adds a pinch of unpredictability but doesn’t force mismatches.—
Seth Yudof,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Amidst the towering oak trees, visitors can spot fallow, red and roe deer grazing all throughout the year, while the park’s vast plains and jagged rock formations also form the perfect haven for a diverse array of raptors.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Later, get your adrenaline pumping while speeding through the sandy plains of San Pedro on your way to Rincon Park, a favorite destination of birdwatchers.—
Curaçao Tourist Board,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Upstairs from the bar in the boarding house, lost souls confess their secrets to a prairie witch named the Antidote.—
Lauren LeBlanc,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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Go glamping surrounded by prairie grasslands here and hike and bike along 100 miles of lonely trails.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Place landscape cloth on level ground to block weed growth, and construct walls at least 12 inches deep and at least 20 inches to grow root vegetables.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 Mar. 2025
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Accommodations for this ticket include the choice of either a four-stateroom yacht or four-bedroom villa with access to the festival grounds for three nights.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Meadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meadow. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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