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
All 40 rooms in the low-lying, two-story building look onto the park’s iconic towers, with large windows to catch Patagonia’s expansive steppes and skies.
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Sarah Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
From west to east, the Mediterranean basin links up with the great steppes rolling out of Hungary.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2025
Johnson, who has studied Bronze and Iron Age pastoralist societies of the Eurasian steppe, was not involved with the new research.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
From the frozen Arctic to the windswept Mongolian steppe, necessity and environment shaped diets that leaned heavily — sometimes almost entirely — on meat.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
From west to east, the Mediterranean basin links up with the great steppes rolling out of Hungary.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2025
Johnson, who has studied Bronze and Iron Age pastoralist societies of the Eurasian steppe, was not involved with the new research.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
From the frozen Arctic to the windswept Mongolian steppe, necessity and environment shaped diets that leaned heavily — sometimes almost entirely — on meat.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steppe
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Hundreds of thousands of acres, including many former rice plantations, have been conserved in the area between Beaufort and Charleston, and marshes there stretch out like coastal prairies.—
Thad Moore,
AJC.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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These sheets are made to feel lightweight and breathable, which tracks considering this print looks perfectly suited for a hot night on the prairie.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
10 Mar. 2026
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Further inland and to the south, Wolwedans Boulders Camp sits atop an island of granite and sandy plains found within a private nature reserve deep in the desert.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
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Fire danger will be elevated in the I-25 corridor on Tuesday, in the northeast plains on Wednesday and from the foothills to the plains between Thursday and Saturday, forecasters said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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Take a hike Head out to a mountain or grassland and follow the trails to see native plants in bloom now.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a vast delta of jungle wetlands teeming with wildlife.—
Antonio Machado Allison,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2026
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Brasília was built from scratch, in the middle of nowhere, in the hostile climate of the Cerrado—a savanna-like biome—hundreds of miles from any highway, railway, or airport.—
Sophia La Banca,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Mar. 2026
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The habitat, the largest project in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s 109-year history, is home to the park’s herd of eight African savanna elephants.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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There, Patagonia stretches out into wide skies, windswept pampas, turquoise lakes, and towering ice fields.—
Eric Sheets,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Dec. 2025
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The earthy palette of browns, pampa greens, and guanaco beiges further enhances the collection’s life-in-the-great-outdoors vibe, only occasionally countered with pops of vivid blue and black.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
18 Nov. 2025
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“Steppe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steppe. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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