terranes

noun

plural of terrane
as in landforms

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  1. landforms
  2. lands
Noun
  • Beyond blending into the surrounding landforms, Snøhetta designed TRPL with a goal of meeting demanding sustainability certifications.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of landforms
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  • Venus enters Libra on August 6, which usually paves the way for a pleasing journey through foreign lands (and doubles your odds of finding romance abroad).
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
  • Thirty four major fires are burning largely on public range lands from near Bend, east of the Cascade Mountains to the Idaho state line.
    — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 July 2026
Definition of lands
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“Terranes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terranes. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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