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
When the climate became wetter, the cloud forests grew back upward in isolated spots surrounded by grasslands.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Dec. 2025
The habitat shifted from warm, humid, subtropical forest to cooler, drier landscapes dominated by woodland and emerging grassland.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Anwar Attar/iStock/Getty The grassland plains of Bahraich district lie about 30 miles south of the border with Nepal, where thick forests cover the Himalayan foothills.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Climb the 40-foot observation tower at Robinson Preserve to look out over the natural area’s nearly 700 acres of coastal grasslands, saltern, marsh, and mangrove habitat.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Dec. 2025
The habitat shifted from warm, humid, subtropical forest to cooler, drier landscapes dominated by woodland and emerging grassland.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Anwar Attar/iStock/Getty The grassland plains of Bahraich district lie about 30 miles south of the border with Nepal, where thick forests cover the Himalayan foothills.
—CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Climb the 40-foot observation tower at Robinson Preserve to look out over the natural area’s nearly 700 acres of coastal grasslands, saltern, marsh, and mangrove habitat.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
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More is at stake than preserving the singular beauty of the sawgrass prairies of Everglades National Park or cypress swamps of the Big Cypress National Preserve.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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The rolling prairie outside the single-story clapboard home is where Lonny learned from their grandfather how to break horses.—
Katheryn Houghton,
NPR,
8 Jan. 2026
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Unlike Argentina’s open steppes, Chilean Patagonia hugs the Pacific coast and is carved by glacial valleys covered in with dense vegetation.—
Eric Sheets,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Dec. 2025
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The gene expression in the muscle tissue suggested a predominance of slow-twitch muscle fibers indicating the mammoth's muscles were built for stamina, ideal for long, steady travel across the cold, expansive steppes.—
Jay Kakade
December 03,
New Atlas,
3 Dec. 2025
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Those like the western diamondbacks are usually found in desert and plains habitats, Pandelis said, and are in the outer edge of their range in the D-FW area.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Typically, they can be found in diverse environments like arid plains, woodlands, grasslands and rainforests.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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That sheer size creates a surprising diversity of landscapes that set Ruaha apart from the Serengeti’s flatter savannas.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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The African savanna elephant is the largest land animal.—
Nicholas Komu,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grassland. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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