as in hills
an area of high ground
the animals huddled on the upland as the floodwater rose
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Recent Examples of uplands
Coral barrier reefs protect beaches and uplands.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
The National Park Service (NPS) explains that Grand Canyon National Park is located entirely within the state of Arizona and encompasses 278 miles of the Colorado River and its surrounding uplands.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
With an itinerary that can swing from luaus to local restaurants and misty uplands to deep-sea diving, Hawaii demands a packing list as versatile as the islands themselves.
—Natalie Hammond, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
The driftwood trees help to blunt the effects of hurricanes—and, thus, slow down erosion—on the remaining woods and uplands.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Pygmy rattlesnakes are found near water and sometimes in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades, according to the TWRA.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
Agroforestry’s potential Arabica coffee, the most common variety sold globally, naturally evolved as an understory shrub, performing best in cooler tropical uplands with good drainage and often partial shade.
—Paul Mwebaze, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
It's located in northern Arizona, encompassing about 278 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
The National Park Service (NPS) explains that Grand Canyon National Park is located entirely within the state of Arizona and encompasses 278 miles of the Colorado River and its surrounding uplands.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
With an itinerary that can swing from luaus to local restaurants and misty uplands to deep-sea diving, Hawaii demands a packing list as versatile as the islands themselves.
—Natalie Hammond, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
The driftwood trees help to blunt the effects of hurricanes—and, thus, slow down erosion—on the remaining woods and uplands.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Pygmy rattlesnakes are found near water and sometimes in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades, according to the TWRA.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
Agroforestry’s potential Arabica coffee, the most common variety sold globally, naturally evolved as an understory shrub, performing best in cooler tropical uplands with good drainage and often partial shade.
—Paul Mwebaze, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
It's located in northern Arizona, encompassing about 278 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uplands
Noun
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While frolicking among the rolling hills of Florence, Italy, Gwyneth Paltrow found a way to stay comfortable while still looking put-together.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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Paul Villa and his wife, Kristen, were concerned about too many massage parlors popping up in the city of about 87,000, nestled against the hills between the 605 Freeway and the Orange County border.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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These trees and shrubs range in size from compact mounds to pyramidal trees, offering endless design opportunities.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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At the new Orkin Discovery Zone inside the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, visitors can learn how termites and the mounds these bulbous invertebrates make have inspired the chimneys in our homes.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The undulating landscape lends itself to scenic horseback riding with outfits like Na’alapa Stables, which carries on the tradition of the paniolo cowboys who have herded cattle in the grassy highlands since the late 1800s.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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In the highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter defend their ancestral land from becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of past violence.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah Straddling a huge portion of southern Utah, Capitol Reef owes its name to the vivid imagination of early settlers, who thought one of its giant white-rock formations resembled a capitol building dome and its jagged cliffs an underwater reef.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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Both the city of San Diego and San Diego County are facing budget cliffs.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Low snow in the Colorado mountains during the exceptionally warm winter has led to below-average flows in the waterways that supply metro Denver — around 18% of the norm last week in the Colorado River Basin and 2% of the norm in the South Platte River Basin, according to Denver Water measurements.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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Travel in the mountains will be difficult to dangerous Tuesday night through Wednesday.—
Alex Lehnert,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Uplands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uplands. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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