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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 meadows
Facing physical puzzles along the way, each episode sees the teams navigate varied landscapes, from narrow city streets to rivers and countryside meadows.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The property with its myriad gardens is also threaded with six miles of trails for walking or cycling that course beside the river and wander through meadows and forests.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Greenway Trail system crosses meadows, soars over bridges, ducks under roads, and meanders streamside with ample benches and picnic spots along the way.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
The 4,000-acre park includes lowland areas, meadows, forests, eight miles of Lake Huron shoreline, a one-mile sandy beach and more.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Nestled among the rolling hills that rise up from meadows of the upper River Thames, the Cotswolds’ picture-postcard towns and villages have been popular with holidaymakers for centuries.
—Roisín Savage, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
In the series looking at Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps and the site of rapidly melting glaciers, flowery green meadows are superimposed onto snow.
—Zoe Whitfield, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
The buildings are beautiful and tranquil but fundamentally incongruous (modern architecture mixed with bits of decaying monasteries, gathered from meadows in Catalonia and France).
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
There are forests, bluffs, meadows, lakes and caves.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The property with its myriad gardens is also threaded with six miles of trails for walking or cycling that course beside the river and wander through meadows and forests.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The Greenway Trail system crosses meadows, soars over bridges, ducks under roads, and meanders streamside with ample benches and picnic spots along the way.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
The 4,000-acre park includes lowland areas, meadows, forests, eight miles of Lake Huron shoreline, a one-mile sandy beach and more.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Nestled among the rolling hills that rise up from meadows of the upper River Thames, the Cotswolds’ picture-postcard towns and villages have been popular with holidaymakers for centuries.
—Roisín Savage, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
In the series looking at Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps and the site of rapidly melting glaciers, flowery green meadows are superimposed onto snow.
—Zoe Whitfield, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
The buildings are beautiful and tranquil but fundamentally incongruous (modern architecture mixed with bits of decaying monasteries, gathered from meadows in Catalonia and France).
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
There are forests, bluffs, meadows, lakes and caves.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meadows
Noun
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Some invasive ornamental grasses include pampas grass, Mexican feather grass, and fountaingrass.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Aug. 2025
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For the Sandhills, June is a prime time to see early blossoms, while August through September brings fields of sunflowers and asters.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sirianni mentioned how those created short fields for an offense.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Indigenous Tribes’ ancestral homelands and hunting grounds could be under threat of mining, clear cutting, or development without consultation because of this decision.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Detroit Lions explicitly ban ticket resales for a profit on Ford Field grounds, according to the team’s website.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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These macaws are severely range-restricted in the wild to a tiny tropical savannah in north-central Bolivia, known as Llanos de Moxos (the Moxos plains).—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Between August and October—the hot, dry months—the plains turn a golden hue, and wildlife becomes easier to spot as animals concentrate around the last remaining water sources.—
Mazuba Kapambwe,
AFAR Media,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, or Roadless Rule, prohibits the new construction of roads and timber harvesting on nearly 45 million acres of national forests and grasslands.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Their preferred habitats likely included open grasslands, forest edges and floodplains.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But if work on Per Geijer goes forward, Kuhmunen said there will be no other routes for the Gabna herders to take the reindeer east from the mountains in the summer to the grazing pastures full of nutrient-rich lichen in the winter.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Summer is the best time to test the soil of lawns consisting of cool-season grass and pastures.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Its plots were familiar yet engaging, and its characters were the kind viewers wanted to spend time with week after week.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Visitors span inner-city apartment dwellers who grow herbs on fire escapes and rural families planning orchard plots.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Still, the Cornhusker State quietly offers stunning wildflower experiences throughout the seasons—and fall is one of the best times to see its prairies' most stunning displays.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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The exhibit will feature fossils from the museum’s collection that show how ancient sea creatures once thrived where today’s prairies and towns stand, the release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Meadows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meadows. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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