glades

plural of glade

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of glades High quality glades without too far of a hike can be found on Plattekill Mountain, which has expert trails and a laidback, community atmosphere just three hours from the city. Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 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 The renowned adventure travel outfitter Eleven runs two exclusive lodges in the former mining town of Crested Butte (Scarp Ridge Lodge and Sopris House) and offers such adventures as fat-tire biking on groomed trails and snowshoeing through aspen glades. Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, one professional hunter leads the charge to undermine the competition, questioning what hides beneath the python mania gripping the ‘glades. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025 As of the end of February, the mountain was 100% with open with all 99 trails and each of the 670 acres meaning all the glades are open too. Roger Sands, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Backcountry skiers, who had flocked to Bolton for the beloved glades that surround it, learned in 2011 that the heart of the backcountry trail network was going to be sold. David Goodman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025 The Woods are a portion of the larger Harrison County Glades Conservation Area, which spans more than 5,300 acres of forests, glades, caves and streams. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2024 There are 81 trails, slopes and glades at Jay Peak, according to its website. Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glades
Noun
  • There’s still room for ‘modern meadows’ where more naturalistic, wild designs meet refined borders and simplicity—providing a little distinction helps each area of your garden feel more intentional.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the meadows of Galilee, north of al-Kabri, was a water tank.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, the high pastures and winding paths in the peaks were long known to local shepherds and villagers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Most of this cattle are free range and the grass pastures are large.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This is why grasslands are important.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • According to the nonprofit, when trees and shrubs take over grasslands, groundwater and prairie streams get depleted, soil health is compromised, and the bedrock below the grasslands is altered.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His work is often set in some fantastical Old World locale, a fantasy of manor homes on the moors filled with antiques and rare books, an Anglophile and Francophile’s fantasy of Europe.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • To find the killer, Sherlock Holmes and Watson will have to brave desolate moors before a family curse dooms the newest heirs.
    Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Data is also collected from the El Cajon Homeless Task Force, as well as from park staff as clearings are completed.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There arc few, if any, clearings, old apple trees, and old stone walls.
    Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Glades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glades. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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