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 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 The Maah Daah Hey Trail runs for 144 miles, offering some of the best exposure to what’s left of the country’s majestic grasslands, plus surprisingly jagged peaks, rugged plateaus, and ample river crossings. Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025 Rocking Star Adventures has four different tours that soar over the glaciers, mountains, and grasslands that form the park. Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025 For those who want a more challenging workout, there is a loop trail to the west on the other side of South Valley Road called Grazing Elk, located on a relatively flat, elevated grassland that offers great views of the rock formations to the east. John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grassland
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Noun
  • Badlands, North Dakota North Dakota’s Badlands is known for its rugged landscape, including sweeping hills, prairie grasses, canyons and rock formations, as well as native wildlife.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Salvias and native prairie plants should only have a thin layer of mulch and don't need any if plantings are dense.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pettit’s latest space mission, a 220-day jaunt, concluded on his 70th birthday on April 20, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and his two crewmates touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • On the Kazakh steppe, centuries of nomadic tradition shaped a culture rooted in hospitality and community.
    Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the middle distance, sandstorms churn across the plain.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Naashoibito Member site was like a warm and humid tropical forest, similar to conditions in modern Panama, while the Hell Creek area was at a much lower elevation and included the cooler conditions of an inland sea coastal plain.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 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 28 Oct. 2025.

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