as in steppe
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
you can see for miles in every direction on the prairie
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Recent Examples of prairie
Salvias and native prairie plants should only have a thin layer of mulch and don't need any if plantings are dense.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
These include native species such as little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis).
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
According to the nonprofit, when trees and shrubs take over grasslands, groundwater and prairie streams get depleted, soil health is compromised, and the bedrock below the grasslands is altered.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
These include native species such as little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis).
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
According to the nonprofit, when trees and shrubs take over grasslands, groundwater and prairie streams get depleted, soil health is compromised, and the bedrock below the grasslands is altered.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prairie
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In Mongolia’s eastern steppes, an initiative implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is helping farmers revive more than 11,000 hectares of cropland through no-till farming and intercropping—restoring productivity while protecting ecosystems.—
Kaveh Zahedi,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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The mighty Sino-Spanish Empire balloons to rule much of Asia, and then expands westward, across the Central Asian steppes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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In addition to being constructed in a zone vulnerable to a major earthquake, the hospital sits in a low-lying plain just blocks from the waterfront, on unstable ground.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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They could be spread across the Central Valley, coastal plains and the desert—areas with ample space and potential.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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According to the zoo, patas monkeys are charismatic and can travel up to 34 miles per hour across their natural habitat, the arid grasslands of Africa.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Pennine mountains were formed, across which forests and grassland, aurochs and wolves, Neanderthals, Normans, glampers and ramblers could come and go.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The once-damp rainforest canopy could shift to a dry savanna for at least several centuries.—
Alexandra A Phillips,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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The species was thought to be restricted to the Amazon Rainforest and the regions that border the forest before the Cerrado, or savanna, begins, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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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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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
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Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park, located about an hour outside of Boulder, Colorado, offers visitors more than 400 square miles to roam, including everything from meadow to challenging mountain terrain across more than 300 miles of hiking trails.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Nov. 2025
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The iconic meadow scene, during which Bella and Edward stare longingly at one another on the forest floor, reached new levels of enchantmemt thanks to a proper display of the scene's idyllic panorama.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Rovos line in all its splendor—a vision of green and white carriages that draws the eye across the yellow veld—owes its existence to the foresight of South African Rohan Vos, who, back in 1989, took the business from unlikely dream to realization.—
Caitlin Morton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Oct. 2023
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Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa’s veld, or grassland, like aloes and red grass.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
ELLE Decor,
5 Jan. 2021
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“Prairie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prairie. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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