as in plains
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 prairies
In warmer months, the region’s woodlands, meadows, and prairies fill with vibrant blossoms of all sorts that attract a whole host of pollinators.
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Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 20 Apr. 2026
As a native to prairies, meadows, and open woods, this garden favorite cannot tolerate having 'wet feet' and requires the optimal drainage sandy soil provides.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
Guitarist-banjoist Paul Lecours and singer-poet Karsyn Henderson formed Truck Violence after moving from the remote prairies of Alberta to the busy metropolis of Montreal as 17-year-olds.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
Expect lakes, moraines, river valleys, prairies, and thick forests.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Lake County continues to make up for past injustices to the Native Americans who once roamed the area’s prairies and woodlands.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
It’s supposed to be rolling plains, prairies … with intermittent tree cover.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
In 2024, for instance, the company donated $100 million to Ducks Unlimited to protect wildfowl breeding habitats in the North American prairies.
—Thad Moore, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Thunderstorms ripped across Oklahoma prairies Thursday night as severe weather was expected to intensify Friday and bring the threat of powerful tornadoes to multiple states in the nation’s heartland.
—Kathy McCormack, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 20 Apr. 2026
As a native to prairies, meadows, and open woods, this garden favorite cannot tolerate having 'wet feet' and requires the optimal drainage sandy soil provides.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
Guitarist-banjoist Paul Lecours and singer-poet Karsyn Henderson formed Truck Violence after moving from the remote prairies of Alberta to the busy metropolis of Montreal as 17-year-olds.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
Expect lakes, moraines, river valleys, prairies, and thick forests.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Lake County continues to make up for past injustices to the Native Americans who once roamed the area’s prairies and woodlands.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
It’s supposed to be rolling plains, prairies … with intermittent tree cover.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
In 2024, for instance, the company donated $100 million to Ducks Unlimited to protect wildfowl breeding habitats in the North American prairies.
—Thad Moore, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Thunderstorms ripped across Oklahoma prairies Thursday night as severe weather was expected to intensify Friday and bring the threat of powerful tornadoes to multiple states in the nation’s heartland.
—Kathy McCormack, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prairies
Noun
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This makes the country the only place in East Africa in which to see gorillas (in Volcanoes NP), chimpanzees (in Nyungwe NP), and lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and white and black rhino, alongside plains game and over 550 species of birds (in Akagera NP).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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On the plains, grasshoppers could become a bigger nuisance as their natural food sources disappear.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Longer-running hiking trips take you everywhere from Western Greenland to the sea cliffs of the Faroe Islands, the steppes of Mongolia, or the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.—
The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
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Folktales are filled with people fighting to survive in forests, steppes, and deserts, and evading and outwitting the wild beasts that dwell within them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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While access is currently limited, the park’s managing authority TANAPA have given the go-ahead for several new roads winding around towering kopjes, through grasslands and along a river.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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For Brazil, this means expanding sugarcane into the Cerrado, the world’s largest grasslands and home to many endemic and threatened species.—
Nithin Coca,
semafor.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Earth’s biosphere includes microbes, forests, savannas, animals, and more.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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Elephants are among the planet’s most majestic creatures, gentle giants who walk steadfastly through the savannas, forests and deserts of Africa and Asia.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Prairies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prairies. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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