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
Lapwai is a working-class town nestled in a valley and the reservation is a mix of grassland, forested mountains and rural communities anchored by the Clearwater River.
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Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2025
As the climate heats up, wet forests across the Americas are increasingly riven by fires, which are changing the composition of trees — and which may be bringing back the grasslands from Alberta to the Amazon, creating new opportunities for grazers like horses and buffalo.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 16 May 2025
Guests can also join hands-on conservation efforts—grassland restoration, snare-removal missions—to bring deeper meaning to their stay.
—Melanie Van Zyl, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
The latest advisories covered fire weather zones across the Kittitas Valley, central Washington, southern Oregon grasslands, and portions of Idaho.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2025
As the climate heats up, wet forests across the Americas are increasingly riven by fires, which are changing the composition of trees — and which may be bringing back the grasslands from Alberta to the Amazon, creating new opportunities for grazers like horses and buffalo.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 16 May 2025
Guests can also join hands-on conservation efforts—grassland restoration, snare-removal missions—to bring deeper meaning to their stay.
—Melanie Van Zyl, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
The latest advisories covered fire weather zones across the Kittitas Valley, central Washington, southern Oregon grasslands, and portions of Idaho.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grassland
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Earthworms are essential for organic matter decomposition and soil health in gardens, forests, prairies and farmland.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The tribe plans projects to create healthier stream habitats for fish, and to restore meadows and prairies.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
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 8 Jul. 2025.
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