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also savannah
as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
lions roaming the savanna
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Recent Examples of savanna
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.
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Mars King, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Disney World: Both Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon will be open this summer
Cast members monitored Tucker’s actions with other savanna residents such as zebras, sable antelopes and springbok.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
The study, published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, shares several key findings that demonstrate how African savanna elephants move through challenging landscapes.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Below, five African adventures—from the deep jungles of Congo to the museums of Benin—that take you far beyond the savanna.
—Chris Schalkx, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
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Mars King, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Disney World: Both Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon will be open this summer
Cast members monitored Tucker’s actions with other savanna residents such as zebras, sable antelopes and springbok.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
The study, published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, shares several key findings that demonstrate how African savanna elephants move through challenging landscapes.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Below, five African adventures—from the deep jungles of Congo to the museums of Benin—that take you far beyond the savanna.
—Chris Schalkx, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savanna
Noun
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Earthworms are essential for organic matter decomposition and soil health in gardens, forests, prairies and farmland.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The tribe plans projects to create healthier stream habitats for fish, and to restore meadows and prairies.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
Noun
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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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In the northwest of what became America, bogs and boreal forests replaced the dry plains and steppe, fed upon and spread by large grazers like wapiti, moose and elk — who lived on, and helped create, the forests that now define the region.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
16 May 2025
Noun
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There’s more than just spectacle to this event: The park can sustain only about 1,000 of the animals without grasslands becoming dangerously depleted, so the excess population will be auctioned off in the roundup’s wake.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
30 June 2025
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The road passes vast farm fields, undulating grasslands dotted with towering wind turbines and sprawling cattle ranches before entering Amarillo, the Panhandle’s largest city.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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The landscape, a combination of kopjes and plains, also make for stellar sunrises and sunsets.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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As the moon progresses through the different phases of the lunar calendar, the sun's light throws new impact sites, barren plains, and swathes of broken landscapes into relief as prime targets for amateur astronomers wielding binoculars and backyard telescopes.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
21 June 2025
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“Savanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savanna. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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