1
: one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia
2
: arid land with xerophilous vegetation found usually in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil
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nomads have long grazed yaks on the steppes of Mongolia
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The Pentagon had not spent decades planning for a protracted land war on the steppes of the Donbass, and defense contractors are run by the same McKinseyfied executive class as the rest of corporate America.
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Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
After months of inching through minefields, villages and open steppes in grueling combat, Ukrainian forces are making somewhat bigger advances along two major lines of attack, according to analysts, Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023
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Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
After months of inching through minefields, villages and open steppes in grueling combat, Ukrainian forces are making somewhat bigger advances along two major lines of attack, according to analysts, Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023
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“Steppe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steppe. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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steppe
noun
: land in regions of wide temperature range (as in southeastern Europe and parts of Asia) that is dry, usually rather level, and covered with grass
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