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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Travis Kelce kept it 100 on the land, the sea and the end zone scoring his 100th career touchdown with a Taylor Swift dance move.
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Bryan West, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
In this way, one of the first forms of life to have possessed a skeleton of any kind returns to the land.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
If the land is valued over $500,000, the city must receive a minimum of three bids to proceed with the sale.
—Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Currently, no information is available regarding the land area burned or the size of the crew conducting the prescribed fire.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Bryan West, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
In this way, one of the first forms of life to have possessed a skeleton of any kind returns to the land.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
If the land is valued over $500,000, the city must receive a minimum of three bids to proceed with the sale.
—Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Currently, no information is available regarding the land area burned or the size of the crew conducting the prescribed fire.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the land
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“The land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20land. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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