parkland
noun
park·land
ˈpärk-ˌland 
: land with clumps of trees and shrubs in cultivated condition used as or suitable for use as a park
Examples of parkland in a Sentence
an area of beautiful parkland
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The broken fountains have been something of a poster child for the federal government’s neglect of parkland in the city.
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Olivia George, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
An Indigenous group recently filed aCowichan-like claim for much of the parkland on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River, opposite the Canadian capital of Ottawa—along with $5 billion in cash.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025
Part of the dig lies under a city park, and for that to be disrupted, the land had to be clawed back from the city in a jurisdictional process known as parkland alienation, which has to go through the State Legislature.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
The County Board rejected the proposal in June, following months of protests from parkland preservation advocates and regular users of the facility.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
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Olivia George, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
An Indigenous group recently filed aCowichan-like claim for much of the parkland on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River, opposite the Canadian capital of Ottawa—along with $5 billion in cash.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025
Part of the dig lies under a city park, and for that to be disrupted, the land had to be clawed back from the city in a jurisdictional process known as parkland alienation, which has to go through the State Legislature.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
The County Board rejected the proposal in June, following months of protests from parkland preservation advocates and regular users of the facility.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Parkland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parkland. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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