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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Silva traveled to see the land first.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2025
When the time comes, DCSD will have five years to secure bond funding before the land is opened up to charter schools.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
At first, worry abounded over whether the county could afford purchasing the land.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
Shit, says Francie, sitting on the stoop as the book ends, looking outward at the land of the free, and trying, with one thin bony black hand to stem the blood which is beginning to rush from a nearly mortal wound.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2025
When the time comes, DCSD will have five years to secure bond funding before the land is opened up to charter schools.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
At first, worry abounded over whether the county could afford purchasing the land.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
Shit, says Francie, sitting on the stoop as the book ends, looking outward at the land of the free, and trying, with one thin bony black hand to stem the blood which is beginning to rush from a nearly mortal wound.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
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“The land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20land. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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