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
Elephants mate in the grasslands and carry their young for nearly two years before birth.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
The money from the tax hike, which Webster said would amount to $8 million to $9 million a year, will pay for forest and grassland management projects, protection of drinking water supplies, and the creation of more resilient forest and grassland ecosystems.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
The early-morning thunderstorms that rumbled across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys Tuesday also produced nearly 10,000 dry lightning strikes, sparking wildfires from the Mother Lode to the grasslands of eastern Sacramento County.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
The money from the tax hike, which Webster said would amount to $8 million to $9 million a year, will pay for forest and grassland management projects, protection of drinking water supplies, and the creation of more resilient forest and grassland ecosystems.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
The early-morning thunderstorms that rumbled across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys Tuesday also produced nearly 10,000 dry lightning strikes, sparking wildfires from the Mother Lode to the grasslands of eastern Sacramento County.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
Noun
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On the Cougars’ second possession, Weigman broke one tackle and found nothing but Texas prairie in front of him for a 49-yard gain.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Adding a 2,800-square-foot prairie meadow along the eastern border of the dog park to provide natural habitat for birds and pollinators, and offer noise buffering.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Mongolia’s vast steppes and nomadic heritage have long shaped the rhythms of life.—
Munkhtuya Rentsenbat,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Identification of microbes The team used genomic and bioinformatic techniques to analyze the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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Then a lion’s roar broke across the plain.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Humanity, united by one language, settles on a plain in Shinar and begins constructing a tower to reach the heavens and make a name for themselves.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images An insurgency was launched by Boko Haram in 2009 to establish a caliphate in Nigeria and the broader Sahel (the semi-arid transitional zone between the Sahara and savannas), with several other terrorist groups also active in the region.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Most travelers associate the Great Migration with East Africa’s Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in Tanzania and Kenya, where millions of blue wildebeest—African antelopes also called gnus—thunder across the savanna each year.—
Mazuba Kapambwe,
AFAR Media,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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