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

Recent Examples on the Web

Malosso — who claimed to be the legal representative of the land owner, a business based in the British Virgin Islands — had originally applied for planning permission to build a garage, according to court documents. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Investigators were still tracing financial records to determine whether companies financed or ordered the land clearing, signaling the probe could expand beyond those arrested. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

New Leash on Life has entered into a purchase agreement on the land at 12430 South Court Street to create a 20,000-square-foot building that will also serve as a low-cost veterinary clinic. — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Alexis Ohanian have effectively dubbed themselves amateur yeoman, putting the ultrarichs’ hobby of tending to the land in the spotlight. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the land

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand