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.
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In reality, the land was mainly Indigenous.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Once a giant excavator bit into the levee to breach it, the tribe welcomed tidewater onto the land for the first time in over a century.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Now, Bottles’ company Idaho Holdings LLC has filed an application to annex and zone the land for development — and get the city’s OK on plans for the first 200 acres of the project.
—Rose Evans
may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
That is just the new lay of the land for these maps and for the legal landscape.
—NBC news, 3 May 2026
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Once a giant excavator bit into the levee to breach it, the tribe welcomed tidewater onto the land for the first time in over a century.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Now, Bottles’ company Idaho Holdings LLC has filed an application to annex and zone the land for development — and get the city’s OK on plans for the first 200 acres of the project.
—Rose Evans
may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
That is just the new lay of the land for these maps and for the legal landscape.
—NBC news, 3 May 2026
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“The land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20land. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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