public land
noun
: land owned by a government
specifically
: that part of the U.S. public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws
Examples of public land in a Sentence
the management of public lands
The government will auction off 20 parcels of public land.
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Together, those three agencies responsible for managing more than half a billion acres of public land — about 23% of the United States — count fewer employees than the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, per the figures provided by the consulting firms.
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
The 50,000-acre property in southern Indiana is the state’s second-largest parcel of public land and offers limited but prized deer and turkey hunting and varied habitats that are regularly used by rare and even endangered species of birds, amphibians, and invertebrates.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
Southeast Denton has over 60 acres of private land and nine acres of public land available for development.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
But there is a growing protest movement against the project, which is on public land and many Albanians view it as government corruption.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 16 June 2026
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
The 50,000-acre property in southern Indiana is the state’s second-largest parcel of public land and offers limited but prized deer and turkey hunting and varied habitats that are regularly used by rare and even endangered species of birds, amphibians, and invertebrates.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
Southeast Denton has over 60 acres of private land and nine acres of public land available for development.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026
But there is a growing protest movement against the project, which is on public land and many Albanians view it as government corruption.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 16 June 2026
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“Public land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20land. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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