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a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass
The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife.
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Recent Examples of meadow
The meadow belonged to their banker, Torrence Huffman, and allowed the brothers to avoid expensive jaunts to North Carolina.
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Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
The mammoth rock wall rises 3,000 feet above a meadow below.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The golden grass stretching out before her and the house would seem to be a meadow above the sea.
—Kate Colby
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Clear your mind and try to visualize yourself in a calm scene—like a meadow, forest, or beach.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
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Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
The mammoth rock wall rises 3,000 feet above a meadow below.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The golden grass stretching out before her and the house would seem to be a meadow above the sea.
—Kate Colby
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Clear your mind and try to visualize yourself in a calm scene—like a meadow, forest, or beach.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for meadow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meadow
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Create a layered Halloween display with hay bales, colorful pumpkins, tall ornamental grass, and a stunning fall wreath.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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Proper timing ensures good seed germination and allows grass seedlings time to establish a healthy root system before the environmental stresses of summer or winter arrive.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Petrino has coached Western Kentucky, Louisville and Missouri State since he was fired by the Razorbacks for off-field reasons in the spring of 2012.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Browns might even have a plan to get Sanders on the field at some point this season.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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The decision covers massive stretches of eastern Montana grasslands, rolling North Dakota prairie, and mountains and tundra of Alaska.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Rocking Star Adventures has four different tours that soar over the glaciers, mountains, and grasslands that form the park.—
Maryam Siddiqi,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Americans pushed inland through the bocage, a landscape of fields or pastures, divided by immense hedgerows, weeds, bushes, and trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Instead of grazing or eating in pastures, fields, or on range lands, animals are given food.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Every time the plot hits the reset button, the tension flatlines.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Jones had asserted that the shootings were staged as part of a federal plot to confiscate Americans’ guns.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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The team’s analysis showed that while dust devils occurred across the planet, many were found in Amazonis Planitia, one of the smoothest plains on Mars that is covered with dust and sand.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Tiny tornadoes of dust whirl across Mars's rusty plains far faster than scientists thought, a new study reveals.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The decision covers massive stretches of eastern Montana grasslands, rolling North Dakota prairie, and mountains and tundra of Alaska.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the 1980s, Nolin and Mutter helped coordinate the restoration of a natural prairie ecosystem at the site.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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These tours showcase a few of New Orleans’ 42 cemeteries, where the dead are famously laid to rest above ground.—
Jenny Adams,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Meadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meadow. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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