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Recent Examples of glades
The terrain favors glades and varied pitches, and the compact base keeps logistics simple.
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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
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
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Students played games on meadows and fields in the near surroundings of the public schools.—
Thomas Adam,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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Overlooking three trout ponds, open meadows and surrounding mountain views, the lodges offer frequent wildlife sightings and are conveniently located within walking distance of one another.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The aggressive insects build their nests beneath the ground in open areas including yards, fields, gardens and pastures, O’Connor Pest Control said.—
Alexiah Syrai Olsen,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
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This is a 3,000-acre working farm, and the landscape varies from pastures to forest to river canyon, all abutting the sea.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Researchers have been tracking how the shift from grasslands to crops has affected honey bee health and beekeeper revenue.—
Jennie L. Durant,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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Like the southeast, the Great Plains have been under intense drought for months and experienced strong winds and low humidity this season, which helped fan flames through tinder-dry grasslands.—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Six audibly groans, like the cyhyraeth echoing on the moors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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As do the moors that stretch behind the parsonage.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Noun
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This process occurs multiple times daily, but it is believed that during one of the clearings, a chlorine air bubble was released, which is atypical, waterpark staff told the fire department.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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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
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“Glades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glades. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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