grassland

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 Its vast grasslands, the pampas, have rich soils and good rainfall. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025 Being at ground level in their grassland habitats often places them in the path of huge, hungry cattle looking to graze. Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025 This is why grasslands are important. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025 At $25 per acre for high-quality CRP, and $10 per acre for rangelands and grasslands, PF’s new program offers these landowners an even bigger incentive to enroll their lands in OFW under a five-year contract. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grassland
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Noun
  • The Longview Steakhouse Located on the eastern edge of Kananaskis, where the mountains flatten out, this eponymous steakhouse is known as much for its long prairie views as its tender cuts of beef.
    Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
  • After the death of his addict father, Ethan heads back to see if there’s any money to be made from selling his home, intending to stay, only briefly, with his aunt Sarah, Metcalf’s character, a Brunhilde of the high prairie.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
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  • In Mongolia’s eastern steppes, an initiative implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is helping farmers revive more than 11,000 hectares of cropland through no-till farming and intercropping—restoring productivity while protecting ecosystems.
    Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The mighty Sino-Spanish Empire balloons to rule much of Asia, and then expands westward, across the Central Asian steppes.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • In addition to being constructed in a zone vulnerable to a major earthquake, the hospital sits in a low-lying plain just blocks from the waterfront, on unstable ground.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
  • They could be spread across the Central Valley, coastal plains and the desert—areas with ample space and potential.
    Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • The once-damp rainforest canopy could shift to a dry savanna for at least several centuries.
    Alexandra A Phillips, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The species was thought to be restricted to the Amazon Rainforest and the regions that border the forest before the Cerrado, or savanna, begins, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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