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Recent Examples of glades
The Deep Temerity area, serviced by a dedicated chairlift, holds a network of vertigo-inducing steeps, glades, and narrow chutes.
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Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
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
Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glades
Noun
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For your best chance at witnessing this bucket list wildlife moment, head to the meadows of Morain Park around sunset or sunrise.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Nov. 2025
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The 11-mile one-way loop leads you through a valley speckled with historic buildings, trailheads, scenic picnic spots, and grassy meadows that offer wildlife sightings right outside the car window.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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Most of this cattle are free range and the grass pastures are large.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This is why grasslands are important.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 5 Nov. 2025.
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