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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
Noun
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There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats.—
Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
25 Nov. 2025
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Hemmed by the Plains and the Pacific Northwest, Montana is a patchwork of prairies and mountains, with rivers running through it; about 30% percent of the state is federally owned.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Typically, people recover meteorites in geologically unchanging regions, such as deserts or ice fields, where the meteorites stand out against the landscape.—
Adam Lark,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
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Some were left in remote or dangerous conditions, such as deserts, with little access to food and water, or ability to contact family members.—
Cara A. Kinnally,
Time,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Thanks to the downsloping winds, temperatures will surge into the low 60s on the plains.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
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Our unnamed narrator has decided, for reasons unstated, to dwell in a small enclave of nuns on the arid plains of Australia.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Similar trends have played out in Central Asian steppes and South American plains.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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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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When the climate became wetter, the cloud forests grew back upward in isolated spots surrounded by grasslands.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
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This nonprofit retreat is home to regenerated grasslands, revived native trout streams, and thriving populations of bison, elk, and wild horses.—
Kristin Songy Diehl,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Landlocked, it's surrounded by Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil and known for vast savannas, lush landscapes and the indigenous Guarani culture.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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Earth’s biosphere includes microbes, forests, savannas, animals, and more.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Heaths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heaths. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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