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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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With the prairie getting plowed under and replaced almost completely by farmland, the prairie chicken lost its habitat, and is nearly extinct in Illinois.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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The researchers also analyzed tiny plant remains fossilizing in the cubs’ stomachs, revealing that the wolves lived in a dry, somewhat mild environment that could support diverse vegetation including prairie grasses, willows and shrub leaves.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Unclaimed lands, especially on the forested edges of the steppe, were offered to settlers, creating ideal conditions for hunter ticks.—
Sean Lawrence,
The Conversation,
18 June 2025
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Modern Europeans descend from three main ancestral populations: hunter-gatherers who colonized the continent by around 40,000 years ago, early farmers from Anatolia who came into Europe about 8,500 years ago, and pastoralists from the Pontic-Caspian steppe who arrived around 5,000 years ago.—
Kermit Pattison,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Guests can also join hands-on conservation efforts—grassland restoration, snare-removal missions—to bring deeper meaning to their stay.—
Melanie van Zyl,
AFAR Media,
16 June 2025
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The latest advisories covered fire weather zones across the Kittitas Valley, central Washington, southern Oregon grasslands, and portions of Idaho.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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High-end tour operators have followed suit as well, with itineraries offering the drama of the African plains—without the day and a half of travel required to get there.—
Jake Emen,
Robb Report,
12 June 2025
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Among the new offerings? Open-World Racing: Drive across cities, plains, deserts and oceans in a seamless world with roads connecting different race courses for the first time in the series.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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“Savanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savanna. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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