as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
nomads have long grazed yaks on the steppes of Mongolia
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Recent Examples of steppe
From the frozen Arctic to the windswept Mongolian steppe, necessity and environment shaped diets that leaned heavily — sometimes almost entirely — on meat.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Identification of microbes The team used genomic and bioinformatic techniques to analyze the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
The meeting was held in a squat building in the middle of the sagebrush-steppe landscape.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The saiga antelope roams the Eurasian steppe of Central Asia.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 15 Aug. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Identification of microbes The team used genomic and bioinformatic techniques to analyze the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
The meeting was held in a squat building in the middle of the sagebrush-steppe landscape.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The saiga antelope roams the Eurasian steppe of Central Asia.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steppe
Noun
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The Longview Steakhouse Located on the eastern edge of Kananaskis, where the mountains flatten out, this eponymous steakhouse is known as much for its long prairie views as its tender cuts of beef.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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After the death of his addict father, Ethan heads back to see if there’s any money to be made from selling his home, intending to stay, only briefly, with his aunt Sarah, Metcalf’s character, a Brunhilde of the high prairie.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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In addition to being constructed in a zone vulnerable to a major earthquake, the hospital sits in a low-lying plain just blocks from the waterfront, on unstable ground.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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They could be spread across the Central Valley, coastal plains and the desert—areas with ample space and potential.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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According to the zoo, patas monkeys are charismatic and can travel up to 34 miles per hour across their natural habitat, the arid grasslands of Africa.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Pennine mountains were formed, across which forests and grassland, aurochs and wolves, Neanderthals, Normans, glampers and ramblers could come and go.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The once-damp rainforest canopy could shift to a dry savanna for at least several centuries.—
Alexandra A Phillips,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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The species was thought to be restricted to the Amazon Rainforest and the regions that border the forest before the Cerrado, or savanna, begins, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Some invasive ornamental grasses include pampas grass, Mexican feather grass, and fountaingrass.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Aug. 2025
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Steppe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steppe. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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