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leas

noun

variants or leys

plural of lea

as in plains

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

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as in pastures

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

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This year they've been spotted on the plains more than an hour's drive east of Colorado Springs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
This year they’ve been spotted on the plains more than an hour’s drive east of Colorado Springs.

— Brittany Peterson, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

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Prolonged periods of drought are scorching French pastures, leeching them of their usual lush green vitality and leaving behind parched, lifeless yellow fields.

— Vivian Song, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
The ranchers depend on snowmelt that feeds the Colorado River and its tributaries to nourish grasses and hay pastures for their herds.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of pastures

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The prairies’ clayey soils and other characteristics suppress tree growth, but allow native grasses, wildflowers and other herbaceous plants to thrive.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Radical Change Several decades ago, in the dry prairies of eastern Washington, Pamela Soltis and Douglas Soltis began tracking a polyploidy event.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of prairies

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Historical legacy is not destiny, and Russia’s excesses cannot be blamed solely on its ties to the political culture of the steppes.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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

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