flatland
noun
flat·land
ˈflat-ˌland 
1
: a region in which the land is predominantly flat
—usually used in plural
2
: land that lacks significant variation in elevation
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In the past its waters simply rose over the low lip of the lake in a vast sheet and began to seep slowly southward across the flatlands of southern Florida.
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Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
But the bigger the flatlands grew, the more the mountains beckoned.
—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
To use them in the flatlands of eastern Ukraine suggests desperation.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
White people wanted distance from the Black and brown people on the flatlands.
—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
But the bigger the flatlands grew, the more the mountains beckoned.
—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
To use them in the flatlands of eastern Ukraine suggests desperation.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
White people wanted distance from the Black and brown people on the flatlands.
—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flatland
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“Flatland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatland. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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