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Definition of savannanext

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Recent Examples of savanna But just like on a coral reef or savanna, eliminating predators threw the entire ecosystem out of whack. Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026 Irwin had previously offered to host the ceremony at Australia Zoo, which apparently holds quite a few weddings overlooking its African savanna section. Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 Besides rolling, open savannas and nearby waterholes—with views of the mountains beyond—the sanctuary is home to one of Africa’s largest populations of both black and white rhinos and plays a pivotal role in conservation efforts, too. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for savanna
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Noun
  • Radical Change Several decades ago, in the dry prairies of eastern Washington, Pamela Soltis and Douglas Soltis began tracking a polyploidy event.
    Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The mission includes prairies, plains, and mountains, where helicopters need to fly over remote areas at any time of day.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Kim, Ryzhikov and Zubritsky returned to Earth in December, touching down in their Soyuz on the steppe of Kazakhstan .
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The desire to see Russia as singularly the product of its steppe heritage ends up distorting and simplifying this history.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The mission includes prairies, plains, and mountains, where helicopters need to fly over remote areas at any time of day.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Pleasure-seekers would travel by train to open prairies and plains to watch decommissioned locomotives crash into each other.
    Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Set in British Columbia’s Thompson Valley, the city is surrounded by rolling hills, rivers, and grasslands—a noticeable change from the coastal forests seen earlier in the day.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Today, the 558,000-acre reserve works to rehabilitate forests, grasslands, streams, and former mining areas while restoring native wildlife.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

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“Savanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savanna. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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