Examples of scrubland in a Sentence
a large area of scrubland
the scrublands of the American West
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So is neighboring Idaho, home to a federal nuclear lab, and Utah, where Governor Spencer Cox recently staged a press conference in the barren scrubland west of Salt Lake City.
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Kirk Siegler, NPR, 2 May 2026
Such projects can and often are placed on old landfill properties, but these still cost more than farmland or scrubland.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Its dilemma seems to be that it is abandoned, alone, and unsure of how to exist in a vast, empty scrubland, which sits at the edge of a void.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The overwhelming majority of parents detained with children are sent to Dilley, a sprawling complex set amid scrubland an hour south of San Antonio, far from the communities where the families had been living.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
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Kirk Siegler, NPR, 2 May 2026
Such projects can and often are placed on old landfill properties, but these still cost more than farmland or scrubland.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Its dilemma seems to be that it is abandoned, alone, and unsure of how to exist in a vast, empty scrubland, which sits at the edge of a void.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The overwhelming majority of parents detained with children are sent to Dilley, a sprawling complex set amid scrubland an hour south of San Antonio, far from the communities where the families had been living.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrubland. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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scrubland
noun
scrub·land
ˈskrəb-ˌland 
: land covered with scrub
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