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tundras

noun

plural of tundra

as in prairies

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain

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Recent Examples of tundras Some are even extending their ranges to the Arctic — such as red foxes, lynxes and orcas — as tundras green from climate change. — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2026 Their nearest relative, the gray wolf, still roams forests and tundras. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Volcanoes are everywhere—found across tundras, islands, tropics. — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2023

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Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.

— Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Yet the black-footed ferret remains the face of conservation of the prairies.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of prairies

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The plains were a far smoother ride, and both our joints and the Jeep’s suspension settled down to coast over kilometres of unbroken grassland.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
The fertile plains of Punjab are a world apart from the Appalachian Mountains, to which country music traces its roots.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of plains

Noun

The two tortoises on board were, appropriately, Russian steppes tortoises, NASA has said.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Historical legacy is not destiny, and Russia’s excesses cannot be blamed solely on its ties to the political culture of the steppes.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of steppes

Noun

More than 85% of the world’s wetlands are gone, according to researchers, and North America has already lost more than half its grasslands.

— Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026
Up to a million wild black-footed ferrets once bounded in the grasslands from Canada to Mexico, between Arizona and Kansas.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of grasslands

Noun

The center of the activities was a grove, within a ring of trees, considered to be one of the oldest oak savannas in the state.

— Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
The new property is nestled inside a 45,000-acre private conservancy with open savannahs and waterholes nearby.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

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