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as in prairies
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
not much grows on the heath besides heather
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as in deserts
land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops
drove through a vast, empty heath that seemingly had no end
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Recent Examples of heaths
Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.
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Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaths
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Palisades State Park Garretson, South Dakota South Dakota is well known for its vast prairies, rugged Badlands and forested Black Hills.—
Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Lake County continues to make up for past injustices to the Native Americans who once roamed the area’s prairies and woodlands.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Six ZIP codes in Tarrant County are considered to be chronic child care deserts, according to a state advocacy and research organization.—
Lina Ruiz
April 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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In contrast, on the lower end of its range, relative humidity near Earth’s surface rarely falls below 30 percent, though humidity values of less than 1 percent do occur in some of Earth’s deserts from time to time.—
John P. Rafferty,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Native to the plains of the United States, buffalo grass is a perennial, warm-season, fast-growing grass seed.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
4 Apr. 2026
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The dry plains of Colorado have enough challenges for farmers this year, but the rising cost of fertilizer is adding to a difficult situation.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The forests are marked by sparse conifer stands, woodlands, herbaceous vegetation, and unvegetated barrens that dominate the transition to Arctic tundra.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The population surge caused widespread urchin barrens across the islands.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Dec. 2025
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Longer-running hiking trips take you everywhere from Western Greenland to the sea cliffs of the Faroe Islands, the steppes of Mongolia, or the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.—
The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
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Folktales are filled with people fighting to survive in forests, steppes, and deserts, and evading and outwitting the wild beasts that dwell within them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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The grasslands and hillsides act as a vast, uncluttered canvas for their colors, which typically bloom in March and last through April.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The canals are receding back into native grasslands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Elephants are among the planet’s most majestic creatures, gentle giants who walk steadfastly through the savannas, forests and deserts of Africa and Asia.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
2 Apr. 2026
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No colonial power had ever controlled the swamps and savannas of the interior—an alien land of lagoons, glade marshes, prairies, and hardwood thickets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Heaths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heaths. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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