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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 median life expectancy for a female African savanna elephant in captivity is about 39 years.
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Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
Belle and the zoo's third African savanna elephant, Brittany, are around the same age as Ruth, a previous Journal Sentinel story reported.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
This region is more densely populated by Neptune-like worlds than both the desert and the savanna.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The Amazon rainforest could wither into a savanna; coral reefs could bleach ghost-white; a major current in the Atlantic Ocean might go slack and fail to deliver warmth to Europe, turning Scotland into Siberia.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
Belle and the zoo's third African savanna elephant, Brittany, are around the same age as Ruth, a previous Journal Sentinel story reported.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
This region is more densely populated by Neptune-like worlds than both the desert and the savanna.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The Amazon rainforest could wither into a savanna; coral reefs could bleach ghost-white; a major current in the Atlantic Ocean might go slack and fail to deliver warmth to Europe, turning Scotland into Siberia.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savanna
Noun
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According to the nonprofit, when trees and shrubs take over grasslands, groundwater and prairie streams get depleted, soil health is compromised, and the bedrock below the grasslands is altered.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The decision covers massive stretches of eastern Montana grasslands, rolling North Dakota prairie, and mountains and tundra of Alaska.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Pettit’s latest space mission, a 220-day jaunt, concluded on his 70th birthday on April 20, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and his two crewmates touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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On the Kazakh steppe, centuries of nomadic tradition shaped a culture rooted in hospitality and community.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to the nonprofit, when trees and shrubs take over grasslands, groundwater and prairie streams get depleted, soil health is compromised, and the bedrock below the grasslands is altered.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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They are also considered expert navigators and have returned to some of the same grasslands for thousands of years.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
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Shahjahanpur district, where Pari was found, lies in the fertile, populous plains of north India.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Up to 2 inches could fall in the Southern Rocky Mountain Front and adjacent foothills and plains.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Savanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savanna. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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