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.

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That’s because the grass around them grows, the land settles, and the greenskeepers mow and contour the latest grass to look and play nicely. — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Lisa Haussler, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker who lost her Altadena home in the fire, estimates those lots are selling for around two-thirds of what the land would have fetched before the fire. — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025 This is done on the rocky territory of the Judean Hills where the land produces grapes that remind one of history and tradition. — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025 Morton Grove officials want to see the land redeveloped as mixed-use, multi-family residential, attached single-family residential, or sales tax-generating commercial development, the post explains. — Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the land

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“The land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20land. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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