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or veldt
as in savanna
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
lions prowling the African veld
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Recent Examples of veld
These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began.
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Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
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
Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa’s veld, or grassland, like aloes and red grass.
—Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2021
There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld, as South Africans call it.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
The veld looked like the giant desiccated hide of some ancient creature, skinned and scarred and skeletal.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
Early in the play, Piet says of the plants:
That veld is a hard world.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 29 May 2018
Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld.
—charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
The giraffe now appeared to be part of a surreal painting, running across a purplish veld beneath a red sky.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
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
Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa’s veld, or grassland, like aloes and red grass.
—Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2021
There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld, as South Africans call it.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
The veld looked like the giant desiccated hide of some ancient creature, skinned and scarred and skeletal.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
Early in the play, Piet says of the plants:
That veld is a hard world.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 29 May 2018
Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld.
—charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
The giraffe now appeared to be part of a surreal painting, running across a purplish veld beneath a red sky.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veld
Noun
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They are found in forests, savannas and wetlands of West Africa.Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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By 2050, the entire region could be irreversibly on the path to becoming a savanna.Nemonte Nenquimo, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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Born 43 years ago in the high steppes of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia—a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the Russian border—the Chinese bass Peixin Chen sings in primordial tones that set the whole hall and the listener’s rib cage humming.airmail.news, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Suddenly the sea rises and starts to flood the plain.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Mercury’s wrinkle-like features across the left half of the image likely formed after those lava plains solidified and the planet’s interior cooled and contracted, according to an ESA statement.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
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Smaller explosions peppered the forest and grasslands.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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While mammoths were adapted to cold, open tundras and the grasslands of Europe, North America and Asia during the Ice Age, mastodons were found in woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Veld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veld. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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