terranes

plural of terrane

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Noun
  • Today, meteorologists can take a pandemoniac system — Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and landforms — and make accurate forecasts up to two weeks into the future.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • One of the highest-priority landforms was Orientale Basin.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Taiwan’s indigenous people –– who nowadays make up just a tiny proportion of the island’s population –– are believed to be the ancestors of many of the groups who came to inhabit lands stretching from Hawaii and Easter Island in the eastern Pacific, to Madagascar, off the coast of east Africa.
    Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • For the millions of women approaching or living through hormonal change, her admission lands at a moment when the science around creatine and women’s health is finally catching up to the marketing.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
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“Terranes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terranes. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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