flatland
noun
flat·land
ˈflat-ˌland 
1
: a region in which the land is predominantly flat
—usually used in plural
2
: land that lacks significant variation in elevation
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The Cool Patch maze, which rises from the flatlands near Interstate 80 just before the Sacramento Valley rolls up into the Vaca Mountains, got ever larger and more creative.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
His songs come from the dirt of the flatland of Arkansas.
—Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
Although she was born in Oakland, California, most of Harris’s early childhood was spent in a nondescript duplex apartment located above a day care facility in an area of West Berkeley known as the flatlands (her parents met as graduate students at UC Berkeley).
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2024
The ratio of grocery stores to residents in the East Oakland flatlands is one to every 93,126 residents, a stark contrast to the more affluent Oakland hills neighborhoods, where the ratio of grocery stores to residents is one to 13,778, UC Davis researchers found.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
His songs come from the dirt of the flatland of Arkansas.
—Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
Although she was born in Oakland, California, most of Harris’s early childhood was spent in a nondescript duplex apartment located above a day care facility in an area of West Berkeley known as the flatlands (her parents met as graduate students at UC Berkeley).
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2024
The ratio of grocery stores to residents in the East Oakland flatlands is one to every 93,126 residents, a stark contrast to the more affluent Oakland hills neighborhoods, where the ratio of grocery stores to residents is one to 13,778, UC Davis researchers found.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
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“Flatland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatland. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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