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
Pumping levels during the 1960s rose like Pikes Peak from the prairie.
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Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026
Over 50 miles of trails lead through sand dunes, woodlands, prairies, and lush wetlands across the park’s 16,000 acres, and the ecological diversity is surprising for such a dense acreage.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
The following year, in Logan County, in the southern part of the state, a Presbyterian minister named Barton Stone attended a revival meeting on the edge of a prairie.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
This transition from grassland prairie to mountains stretches from southeast to northwest Wyoming.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
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Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026
Over 50 miles of trails lead through sand dunes, woodlands, prairies, and lush wetlands across the park’s 16,000 acres, and the ecological diversity is surprising for such a dense acreage.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
The following year, in Logan County, in the southern part of the state, a Presbyterian minister named Barton Stone attended a revival meeting on the edge of a prairie.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
This transition from grassland prairie to mountains stretches from southeast to northwest Wyoming.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prairie
Noun
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Patagonia is a diverse region in southern Chile and Argentina, with glaciers, mountains and fjords to the west, stretching into steppe and desert toward the east.—
Brittany Peterson,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Instead of a narrow peak there would be an endless plain of excellence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
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Just south of Alice Springs, in the dead centre of Australia, the MacDonnell Ranges rise from the desert plains like creases on a tablecloth.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 June 2026
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In the San Luis Valley, ranchers have long spread water over their grasslands when temperatures start to freeze to create a sheet of ice over the vegetation.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
18 June 2026
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And most recently, development of housing, shopping malls and interstate highways -- and now data centers -- are popping up in areas that would have been grasslands, Keyser said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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The 119-acre lakefront park, which is actually a peninsula, not an island, features more than 150 varieties of native plants, 20,000 trees and shrubs, a 5-acre pond, strolling paths, and wild prairie grasses and savanna.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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This includes savannahs and shrublands.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Participants travel by horseback to South American landscapes few people ever reach, from vast valleys and sweeping pampas to ancient lenga forests and high plateaus populated with condors.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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This involves riding on gravel tracks across pampas, past fjords, and ranchlands.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Try your hand at landing a catch in the private waters, or take a picnic brunch in a secluded meadow after an easy canter.—
Todd Plummer,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
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Flames crept across a Rio Linda meadow Tuesday as firefighters from three agencies intentionally set fire to 35 acres of dry grass — not to battle a wildfire, but to prevent one.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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The prospect of being stuck in a jeep watching wildebeest pour through the veld did not intrigue me.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
17 Mar. 2026
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Then the curse of the fathers found me — slow at first, like a rumor rolling over the veld, then sudden, like a snare snapping shut on bone.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Prairie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prairie. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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