the land
noun
: land in the countryside that is thought of as providing a simple and good way of living
He wanted to move/get back to the land.
Examples of the land in a Sentence
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What’s more impressive, however, is what happens when the land system is paired with a surveillance drone.
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Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
Many Brits migrated to Kenya during the time of the empire; their descendants still live there and own much of the land in Laikipia.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 May 2024
Hundreds of acres of vacant land were left behind, but in 2009, the city embarked on a $35 million project to develop part of the land into Century City Business Park.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Characters like Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Diddy Kong, and Donkey Kong will make appearances within the land — including via a new Mine Cart Madness roller coaster that simulates jumping over rickety tracks straight out of the Donkey Kong game series.
—EW.com, 2 May 2024
Once the route of the rail line built by industrialist and Miami co-founder Henry Flagler, the land below the Metrorail guideway was for decades treated mostly as leftover space.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
Water has been seeping beneath the dirt, mud and rocks — an indication that the land may move again.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
This summertime enclave maintains its rustic charm with a population of only about 3,000 and almost a third of the land preserved by the Nature Conservancy.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
Since the atmosphere-less Mercury has no rain or wind to carve the land, surface features like hollows can only be formed from other processes—such as the ground leaking volatiles into space.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
Many Brits migrated to Kenya during the time of the empire; their descendants still live there and own much of the land in Laikipia.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 May 2024
Hundreds of acres of vacant land were left behind, but in 2009, the city embarked on a $35 million project to develop part of the land into Century City Business Park.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Characters like Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Diddy Kong, and Donkey Kong will make appearances within the land — including via a new Mine Cart Madness roller coaster that simulates jumping over rickety tracks straight out of the Donkey Kong game series.
—EW.com, 2 May 2024
Once the route of the rail line built by industrialist and Miami co-founder Henry Flagler, the land below the Metrorail guideway was for decades treated mostly as leftover space.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
Water has been seeping beneath the dirt, mud and rocks — an indication that the land may move again.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
This summertime enclave maintains its rustic charm with a population of only about 3,000 and almost a third of the land preserved by the Nature Conservancy.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
Since the atmosphere-less Mercury has no rain or wind to carve the land, surface features like hollows can only be formed from other processes—such as the ground leaking volatiles into space.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
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“The land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20land. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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