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
Packing in some of the most scenic stretches of America’s prairies and mountains, the route follows parts of the Lewis & Clark Trail.
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Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The bison, who were reintroduced to the prairie in 2022, are part of a plan to naturalize the park’s landscape by restoring the oak savanna and prairie landscape of the past.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Photo By Lincoln Rogers/Shutterstock Cheyenne, Wyoming Located where the grasslands and rolling prairie of the Great Plains give way to the rising foothills of the Rocky Mountains, this corner of southeastern Wyoming is Big Sky beautiful.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
This is like taking a Conestoga wagon from the prairie to the desert.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
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Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The bison, who were reintroduced to the prairie in 2022, are part of a plan to naturalize the park’s landscape by restoring the oak savanna and prairie landscape of the past.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Photo By Lincoln Rogers/Shutterstock Cheyenne, Wyoming Located where the grasslands and rolling prairie of the Great Plains give way to the rising foothills of the Rocky Mountains, this corner of southeastern Wyoming is Big Sky beautiful.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
This is like taking a Conestoga wagon from the prairie to the desert.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prairie
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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
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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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Read on for even more wreaths under $35, with festive options featuring shiny baubles, LED lights, feathery pampas, and more.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Dec. 2024
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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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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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The state park features over 20 miles of trails, 26 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, camping, forests, ponds, meadows and more.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Retriever Is Terrified of Baby Cousin, Then Something Shifts Mom Captures Hysterical Way Golden Retriever Winds Up Toddler Brother Stock image: Two Labrador retrievers run together across a meadow in the sunshine.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began.—
Lois Parshley,
Scientific American,
1 May 2018
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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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“Prairie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prairie. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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