as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
a folktale about gauchos on the pampas
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Recent Examples of pampa
Read on for even more wreaths under $35, with festive options featuring shiny baubles, LED lights, feathery pampas, and more.
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Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2023
Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.
—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2023
Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.
—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pampa
Noun
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There’s a spot in northwest Fort Worth that contains 3,700 acres of untouched and protected prairies, forests, wetlands and swamps.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Aug. 2025
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Cottonmouth snake size How to identify a rattlesnake The habitat range of rattlesnakes reaches across the majority of the United States, primarily in the desert, mountains, prairies and along coastlines.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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For decades, scholars debated whether these languages spread from the Eurasian steppe or from early farmers in Anatolia, in what is now Turkey.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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But they’ve since been reestablished on the steppes of Mongolia and China, with some in Russia and Ukraine.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Set to a haunting score by the director’s brother Giorgi, this melancholic mystery presents Georgia’s open plains and mountain regions in alien, oneiric contexts.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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There are also three rooftop terraces, with 360-degree views across the Alentejo plains.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Their large lungs pull oxygen from the thin air, and their leathery foot pads grip without damaging the fragile grasslands.—
David Nolan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 July 2025
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The research team captured adults of the new species in September in the Páramo de Guerrero’s high-altitude grasslands at an elevation of about 11,500 feet above sea level, the study said.—
Lauren Liebhaber
July 8,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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Here, Hensman keeps a herd of seven African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana).—
Ed Stoddard,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 June 2025
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The species was once plentiful in Brazil’s savanna, or Cerrado, until farming and timber plantations took over the landscape, according to the zoo.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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“Pampa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pampa. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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