as in steppe
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
you can see for miles in every direction on the prairie
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Recent Examples of prairie
Here, winter routinely drops below –30°C, and snow buries the prairie for nearly half the year.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The acquisition expands the Lakewood Forest Preserve, the largest in the county with more than 2,900 acres of trails, woodlands, prairies, wetlands and lakes according to a county press release.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
In revealing how the prairie was consumed by colonization and agricultural practices time has proven detrimental, Smarsh’s piece is equal parts fascinating history and ecology lesson.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Upstairs from the bar in the boarding house, lost souls confess their secrets to a prairie witch named the Antidote.
—Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The acquisition expands the Lakewood Forest Preserve, the largest in the county with more than 2,900 acres of trails, woodlands, prairies, wetlands and lakes according to a county press release.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
In revealing how the prairie was consumed by colonization and agricultural practices time has proven detrimental, Smarsh’s piece is equal parts fascinating history and ecology lesson.
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Upstairs from the bar in the boarding house, lost souls confess their secrets to a prairie witch named the Antidote.
—Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prairie
Noun
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The land dried up, and the Aral Sea—the great oasis of the Asian steppes—evaporated.—
Henry Duckworth,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Yes, in the market, but not on the steppe, not at a sanatorium.—
Daniel Mason,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible on the plains through Sunday evening and stronger winds are forecast for Monday afternoon.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Born at a federal site in Florida, he was released in 2021 onto the Alligator River refuge, a swath of coastal plain on North Carolina’s eastern shore.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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Whereas mammoths preferred the cold, dry grasslands that spread as Ice Age glaciers expanded, Mammut preferred the warmer, wetter habitats of Pleistocene forests and thrived during the interglacial reprieves from the ice.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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The population of grassland birds in the U.S. has dropped by 43% since 1970, as row-crop production, drought and habitat loss take their toll, the report says.—
Sarah Metz,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
11 Oct. 2023
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Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.—
Alyssa Gautieri,
Good Housekeeping,
13 June 2023
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But on the other hand, many more researchers looking at African savannas have found that elephants knock down lots of trees, converting forests into savannas and reducing carbon sequestration.—
Nitin Sekar,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
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Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.—
Matt Kracht,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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My thought bubble: I was captivated by a meadow display, with its long grasses, pollinators, wild beauty and lower-maintenance charm.—
Christine Clarridge,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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Pavel has been taking care of spring meadows his whole life, cutting the grass with a scythe and helping preserve rare plant species on this planet.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began.—
Lois Parshley,
Scientific American,
1 May 2018
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The Rovos line in all its splendor—a vision of green and white carriages that draws the eye across the yellow veld—owes its existence to the foresight of South African Rohan Vos, who, back in 1989, took the business from unlikely dream to realization.—
Caitlin Morton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Oct. 2023
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“Prairie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prairie. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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