glades

Definition of gladesnext
plural of glade

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Recent Examples of glades The terrain favors glades and varied pitches, and the compact base keeps logistics simple. Caroline Tell, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026 On the one hand, winter brings fresh powder, steep descents, and the chance to traverse beautiful glades. Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Jan. 2026 The mountain doesn’t let any of that powder go to waste, keeping a lax in-bounds policy that allows skiers of any and all levels to find their perfect glades. Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026 Today, Vail is one of the country’s largest ski areas, with more than 5,300 acres and dozens of lifts that spread snow-chasers across front-side cruisers and glades, and to the kind of back-bowl skiing that people plan whole trips around. Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2025 Visitors can ski on open runs, glades, cliffs and chutes, with the longest runs and most vertical drop in the Midwest, a good challenge for experienced skiers. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025 The terrain offers a little of everything—long groomers, steep, off-piste glades, and even 20km of Nordic skiing if that’s more your speed. Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 17 Nov. 2025 The Deep Temerity area, serviced by a dedicated chairlift, holds a network of vertigo-inducing steeps, glades, and narrow chutes. Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025 Pygmy rattlesnakes are found near water and sometimes in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades, according to the TWRA. Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glades
Noun
  • Still others turn their front yards into meadows of wildflowers (though some homeowners' associations forbid that).
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • As a native to prairies, meadows, and open woods, this garden favorite cannot tolerate having 'wet feet' and requires the optimal drainage sandy soil provides.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Settle On In Camp Lucy, a beacon of luxury just beyond town, sits down a winding road surrounded by open pastures.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • At its heart is a magnificent wooden lodge—the second-largest west of the Mississippi—with a sprawling wraparound deck overlooking horse pastures and corrals.
    Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • On March 12 the largest wildfire in Nebraska history ripped through 640,000 acres of grasslands, destroying homes, barns, ranches, and fences.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
  • High up on a ridge overlooking the rolling grasslands of northern Montana’s Great Plains, the vast ancestral land of the Blackfeet Nation sprawls before me.
    Karen Gardiner, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The story centers on genius detective Holmes’ investigation into the deaths of members of the Baskerville family, supposedly at the hands of a demonic hound that walks the moors.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Burnett described a world that felt ancient and almost fabled—wide, grey Yorkshire moors that stretched endlessly under heavy skies, so different from my own mountains and yet somehow carrying the same wildness.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But in Oakland, where the homeless population is well over 5,000 by official estimates, some advocates have questioned whether tent clearings create a whack-a-mole problem — given that most homeless residents have nowhere else to go.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The unit made 376 arrests, issued 128 outreach referrals, conducted 76 camp clearings and completed 18 business inspections.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026

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“Glades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glades. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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