champaign

as in plain
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country after days of trudging through dense forest, the explorers came upon a vast champaign

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Noun
  • Set to a haunting score by the director’s brother Giorgi, this melancholic mystery presents Georgia’s open plains and mountain regions in alien, oneiric contexts.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There are also three rooftop terraces, with 360-degree views across the Alentejo plains.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • There’s a spot in northwest Fort Worth that contains 3,700 acres of untouched and protected prairies, forests, wetlands and swamps.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Cottonmouth snake size How to identify a rattlesnake The habitat range of rattlesnakes reaches across the majority of the United States, primarily in the desert, mountains, prairies and along coastlines.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 11 July 2025
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  • For decades, scholars debated whether these languages spread from the Eurasian steppe or from early farmers in Anatolia, in what is now Turkey.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
  • But they’ve since been reestablished on the steppes of Mongolia and China, with some in Russia and Ukraine.
    Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 30 June 2025
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  • Their large lungs pull oxygen from the thin air, and their leathery foot pads grip without damaging the fragile grasslands.
    David Nolan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
  • The research team captured adults of the new species in September in the Páramo de Guerrero’s high-altitude grasslands at an elevation of about 11,500 feet above sea level, the study said.
    Lauren Liebhaber July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
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  • Read on for even more wreaths under $35, with festive options featuring shiny baubles, LED lights, feathery pampas, and more.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Champaign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/champaign. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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