the land
noun
: land in the countryside that is thought of as providing a simple and good way of living
He wanted to move/get back to the land.
Examples of the land in a Sentence
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Once the route of the rail line built by industrialist and Miami co-founder Henry Flagler, the land below the Metrorail guideway was for decades treated mostly as leftover space.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
Water has been seeping beneath the dirt, mud and rocks — an indication that the land may move again.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
This summertime enclave maintains its rustic charm with a population of only about 3,000 and almost a third of the land preserved by the Nature Conservancy.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
Since the atmosphere-less Mercury has no rain or wind to carve the land, surface features like hollows can only be formed from other processes—such as the ground leaking volatiles into space.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
That set off a 60-day clock within which the land deal could have been finalized and Resolution handed the keys.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
The Conservancy appraised the land at $1.5 million.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
Filed in 2020 by former ASU swimmer Grant House, the antitrust lawsuit aims to compensate thousands of former athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL) over a multi-year stretch before the summer of 2021, when NIL became the law of the land in college athletics.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
In a key flashback, Rana—acting on Shakti’s orders—clears out Kid’s forest-adjacent village so the land can be used for industrial growth.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
Water has been seeping beneath the dirt, mud and rocks — an indication that the land may move again.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
This summertime enclave maintains its rustic charm with a population of only about 3,000 and almost a third of the land preserved by the Nature Conservancy.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
Since the atmosphere-less Mercury has no rain or wind to carve the land, surface features like hollows can only be formed from other processes—such as the ground leaking volatiles into space.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
That set off a 60-day clock within which the land deal could have been finalized and Resolution handed the keys.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
The Conservancy appraised the land at $1.5 million.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
Filed in 2020 by former ASU swimmer Grant House, the antitrust lawsuit aims to compensate thousands of former athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL) over a multi-year stretch before the summer of 2021, when NIL became the law of the land in college athletics.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
In a key flashback, Rana—acting on Shakti’s orders—clears out Kid’s forest-adjacent village so the land can be used for industrial growth.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
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“The land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20land. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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