as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa
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Recent Examples of grassland
As a result, Western forests are transitioning to grasslands or shrublands after unprecedented wildfires.
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Imtiaz Rangwala, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
Miller moths live about a year — just long enough to emerge from their cocoons on the Great Plains, migrate west to Colorado’s mountains and return to the grasslands in the fall to lay their eggs, Anderegg said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
Scientists believe that reintroducing mammoth-like creatures to the Arctic tundra could help restore ancient grassland ecosystems and potentially slow permafrost thawing, which releases greenhouse gases.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Additionally, ensuring solar farms avoid grassland ecosystems can dramatically reduce ecological risks.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Imtiaz Rangwala, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
Miller moths live about a year — just long enough to emerge from their cocoons on the Great Plains, migrate west to Colorado’s mountains and return to the grasslands in the fall to lay their eggs, Anderegg said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
Scientists believe that reintroducing mammoth-like creatures to the Arctic tundra could help restore ancient grassland ecosystems and potentially slow permafrost thawing, which releases greenhouse gases.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Additionally, ensuring solar farms avoid grassland ecosystems can dramatically reduce ecological risks.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
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With the prairie getting plowed under and replaced almost completely by farmland, the prairie chicken lost its habitat, and is nearly extinct in Illinois.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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The researchers also analyzed tiny plant remains fossilizing in the cubs’ stomachs, revealing that the wolves lived in a dry, somewhat mild environment that could support diverse vegetation including prairie grasses, willows and shrub leaves.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Unclaimed lands, especially on the forested edges of the steppe, were offered to settlers, creating ideal conditions for hunter ticks.—
Sean Lawrence,
The Conversation,
18 June 2025
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Modern Europeans descend from three main ancestral populations: hunter-gatherers who colonized the continent by around 40,000 years ago, early farmers from Anatolia who came into Europe about 8,500 years ago, and pastoralists from the Pontic-Caspian steppe who arrived around 5,000 years ago.—
Kermit Pattison,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The landscape, a combination of kopjes and plains, also make for stellar sunrises and sunsets.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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As the moon progresses through the different phases of the lunar calendar, the sun's light throws new impact sites, barren plains, and swathes of broken landscapes into relief as prime targets for amateur astronomers wielding binoculars and backyard telescopes.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
21 June 2025
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Less well known is their critical role in helping dead things disappear—piles of leaves and rotting stumps, the rat in the street, the elephant on the savanna, the contents of your compost bin.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Black mambas are often seen cruising the savanna with their head and neck held high, using their keen eyesight to scan for danger or track prey – typically small mammals such as hyraxes, bush babies, and rodents.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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