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
Saturday’s program will cover key aspects of the lab’s organization, the village of Weston that once occupied part of the site, science, art and the lab’s natural areas, including Fermilab’s prairie restoration and growing bison herd, museum officials said.
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Once out of the prairie in western Minnesota, the scenery got more conventional, with more towns, as well as larger cities.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
He is seen surrounded by an ocean of brown prairie grass, gone dormant for the winter.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Wetlands in the area are also home to Everglades snail kites, which hunt for apple snails in freshwater marshes, and other rare species that once inhabited vast wet prairies drained for highways and neighborhoods.
—Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Once out of the prairie in western Minnesota, the scenery got more conventional, with more towns, as well as larger cities.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
He is seen surrounded by an ocean of brown prairie grass, gone dormant for the winter.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2026
Wetlands in the area are also home to Everglades snail kites, which hunt for apple snails in freshwater marshes, and other rare species that once inhabited vast wet prairies drained for highways and neighborhoods.
—Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prairie
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Even today, its influence stretches from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the far reaches of low Earth orbit.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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The success of the Dorobo raid on the lions’ kill was possible because humans have consistently defeated lions over the long history of conflict between our two species on the East African plains.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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The raindrops were embedded with dust from extensive blowing dust and wildfire smoke and ash from strong winds and extreme fire conditions in the central and southern plains, weather officials said.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The piles are placed in open grassland areas to make sure fire doesn’t catch on the tree canopy, and burns only happen when under strict requirements of wind, temperature, humidity and air quality.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Kenya, which has extensive forests, grasslands and renewable energy resources, hopes to attract foreign investment while ensuring local communities’ benefit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Since the end of his playing days, Griffey has embraced photography, taking pictures from the African savanna to the Masters Tournament in Georgia.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The park offers one of the most exciting wildlife experiences in Southern Africa, with a million acres of biodiverse savannas, wetlands, and montane rainforests, and a range of animals that includes buffalo herds, lion prides, and an array of birds.—
Lisa Grainger,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
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There, Patagonia stretches out into wide skies, windswept pampas, turquoise lakes, and towering ice fields.—
Eric Sheets,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Dec. 2025
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The earthy palette of browns, pampa greens, and guanaco beiges further enhances the collection’s life-in-the-great-outdoors vibe, only occasionally countered with pops of vivid blue and black.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
18 Nov. 2025
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To catch summer and fall wildflowers, consider visiting the Big Meadows area, a high-elevation meadow on top of a mountain at the center of the park.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2026
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Major outdoor scenes took place in the sweeping moors of Yorkshire Dales National Park, specifically the unspoiled valley of Swaledale, known for picturesque landscapes comprising rivers, meadows and hills covered in swaths of wildflowers.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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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.—
J.R. Patterson,
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 23 Feb. 2026.
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