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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Examples of steppe in a Sentence
nomads have long grazed yaks on the steppes of Mongolia
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Even today, its influence stretches from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the far reaches of low Earth orbit.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Third Bench would be south of that, mostly open sagebrush steppe in hills that roll toward land set aside for Kuna’s expansion goals.
—Mark Dee
january 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
There’s nothing in the steppe to catch your eye; there is only distance.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Third Bench would be south of that, mostly open sagebrush steppe in hills that roll toward land set aside for Kuna’s expansion goals.
—Mark Dee
january 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
There’s nothing in the steppe to catch your eye; there is only distance.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Steppe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steppe. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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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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