as in hill
an area of high ground
the animals huddled on the upland as the floodwater rose
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Recent Examples of upland
Her $100m pad features a private road connecting the coastal area of Wailea to the uplands of Kula via an inland route.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 July 2025
The pygmy rattlesnake is usually found very near water and occasionally in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades.
—Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 13 June 2025
With seven miles of shoreline, the 892-acre park has plenty of space to explore tidal wetlands interspersed with farmland and upland forests.
—Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
Arid uplands and ephemeral wetlands host an exceptional array of life, from 13 species of frogs and more than 140 reptiles to 325 bird species like mulga parrots and nankeen kestrels.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 July 2025
The pygmy rattlesnake is usually found very near water and occasionally in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades.
—Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 13 June 2025
With seven miles of shoreline, the 892-acre park has plenty of space to explore tidal wetlands interspersed with farmland and upland forests.
—Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
Arid uplands and ephemeral wetlands host an exceptional array of life, from 13 species of frogs and more than 140 reptiles to 325 bird species like mulga parrots and nankeen kestrels.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upland
Noun
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On the screen were images of rolling hills, deer frolicking in the forest, and waves crashing on the shore.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These enormous mounds of debris left over from the feasts contained thousands of bones.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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That left right-hander Connor Brogdon – fresh off the plane from Salt Lake – on the mound when the Mariners scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Set in the country's highlands, La Ruta de Las Flores is a scenic drive that connects several villages, and bursts to life when the coffee fields lining it come into full bloom.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The final section may prove anticlimactic for some, given the fleeting images captured of elephants believed to have inhabited the highlands for 5,000 years.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The post also includes videos of Twiggs skiing down a mountain.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The evening after Jîna’s death, on assignment for the newspaper Ham-Mihan, my friend and colleague Elaheh Mohammadi drove eight hours overnight, through winding mountains and narrow roads, to Saqqez, Jîna’s hometown in Kurdistan.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Upland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upland. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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