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Recent Examples of terra firma
And boy did the terrain change while crawling up, along, and down steep unpaved terra firma.
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Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon.
—Paul Ridden
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025
Sydney Chandler, daughter of Kyle Chandler, stars as a young woman who must respond when a spacecraft carrying the deadliest being in the galaxy crash-lands on terra firma.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
That moment when your foot finally hits terra firma after your body’s been through a spin cycle?
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
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Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon.
—Paul Ridden
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025
Sydney Chandler, daughter of Kyle Chandler, stars as a young woman who must respond when a spacecraft carrying the deadliest being in the galaxy crash-lands on terra firma.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
That moment when your foot finally hits terra firma after your body’s been through a spin cycle?
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terra firma
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Qatar denounces ‘cowardly’ Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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What Mill does is preserve food as a resource, keeping nutrients intact so they can be used to feed soil or farms.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And yet in restructuring Patagonia to ensure that its profits are used to protect wild lands, Chouinard accomplished something remarkable, turning a for-profit corporation with $1 billion in annual sales into one of the biggest environmental philanthropies in the country.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The wildfire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Detroit Lions explicitly ban ticket resales for a profit on Ford Field grounds, according to the team’s website.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The New York Mets lost Saturday and Sunday, so no ground was lost to them in the wild-card standings.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Under the altar is a stone made from a blend of earth, stone and sand from the island, cast with water brought from a Cuban refugee raft.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Western or tropical astrology — most often cited in pop culture — is based on the study of the earth’s seasons, which accounts for the procession of the equinox, as ancient astrologers predicted those shifts in degrees.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terra%20firma. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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