public land
noun
: land owned by a government
specifically
: that part of the U.S. public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws
Examples of public land in a Sentence
the management of public lands
The government will auction off 20 parcels of public land.
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For over five decades, Redford served as a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), using his global platform to champion public lands, climate action, and environmental justice.
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The tribe’s most recent binding pact from 1863, which preexists the federal law that regulates mining of public lands, guarantees its members exclusive use of the area to fish, hunt, gather and graze animals.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
The Interior Department announced its own plan to repeal a Biden-era policy that made conservation an official use of public lands overseen by the BLM.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2025
America’s 660 million acres of public land now have a news organization devoted entirely to them.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The tribe’s most recent binding pact from 1863, which preexists the federal law that regulates mining of public lands, guarantees its members exclusive use of the area to fish, hunt, gather and graze animals.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
The Interior Department announced its own plan to repeal a Biden-era policy that made conservation an official use of public lands overseen by the BLM.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2025
America’s 660 million acres of public land now have a news organization devoted entirely to them.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public land
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“Public land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20land. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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