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lea

noun

ˈlē

variants or ley

Definition of lea

as in prairie

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country across the lea rolls a lonely wagon

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as in pasture

open land over which livestock may roam and feed the cattle were free to range over the lea

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Recent Examples of lea Plus, its scent evokes the heralding of springtime, with a fresh aroma of light rain on a grassy lea. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026 Women make up 13% of the Sierra Leone parliament, 13% of the cabinet, and 19% of local government lea, according to Massaquoi. — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 1 Feb. 2023 That score came after Ohio State extended its lea to 38 points on a 32-yard touchdown catch by Emeka Egbuka earlier in the fourth quarter. — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022 Named for the city’s pre-1925 moniker, the lea was spared from possible development in 2003 by local conservation group Siskiyou Land Trust. — Brian Coyne, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2019 The most obvious first step would be to see if there actually is a lea threshold that varies between cells. — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2012

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Noun

In place of herds of bison thundering across the prairie, there were piles of bones a story high and as much as a hundred feet long.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
On her 43 acres of woods and reclaimed native prairie in rural Tazewell County, Katie VandenBerg walked the edge of her property, inspecting a line of oaks bordered by miles of corn and soybean fields.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of prairie

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Shelters were opened, events were canceled and ranchers were urged to leave their cattle in pastures, rather than structures that might collapse.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
Large areas of pasture have turned brown, forcing many farmers to use their winter feed reserves early and raising the risk of feed shortages later this year.

— , CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of pasture

Noun

That’s what pulled me to the plains of north-central Spain last week.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Harry and Meghan’s children even chose the color of their elephants’ collars, which will help the organization track them across the plains of northern Botswana.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of plain

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Pollard attended Culver High School and lived with an aunt and uncle in Montana while working on a cattle ranch, then helped out his dad on movie sets.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Outside of music, Beard owned and operated a ranch in Richmond, Texas, and maintained a love of golfing and car racing.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of ranch

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The unification of the Eurasian steppes under Genghis Khan and his successors—Ögödei, Möngke, and Kublai Khan—brought many of these trade routes under a single political authority for the first time.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
With its views of a stratovolcano, glaciers, old-growth forests, alpine habitats, and a mix of mountain and steppe landscapes, the Chinook Scenic Byway more than fulfills that brief.

— Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of steppe

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Eduard Löwen played an inward-arcing corner kick and the 6-foot-1 Beecher slammed home a header from 5 yards out in the 27th minute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Blue finished with 19 yards on eight carries, while Mafah finished with nine yards on four carries before exiting with a chest injury.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of yard

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For nature lovers and dog parents, Westminster Hills Open Space is a unique place, offering more than 3,000 acres of land, trails and grasslands.

— Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
The main trail, Arrowhead Loop, is a 4-mile walk that offers a mix of grassland and forests with oak and bay trees.

— Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Participants travel by horseback to South American landscapes few people ever reach, from vast valleys and sweeping pampas to ancient lenga forests and high plateaus populated with condors.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 June 2026

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