public land
noun
: land owned by a government
specifically
: that part of the U.S. public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws
Examples of public land in a Sentence
the management of public lands
The government will auction off 20 parcels of public land.
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The situation is dangerous and reckless for our parks, public lands and the visitors who love them.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
If passed, the referendum would put the city’s procedures for selling public land more in line with those of Miami-Dade County and large Miami-Dade cities like Hialeah and Miami Beach.
—Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Environmental advocates have long decried the overuse of public lands for grazing in the Southwest as detrimental to the conservation of the region’s rare river habitats.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Before the war, the role of the national government in citizens’ lives was minimal; there wasn’t a federal income tax, let alone responsibility for the government to preserve public lands, says historian and former national parks superintendent Rolf Diamant.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
If passed, the referendum would put the city’s procedures for selling public land more in line with those of Miami-Dade County and large Miami-Dade cities like Hialeah and Miami Beach.
—Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Environmental advocates have long decried the overuse of public lands for grazing in the Southwest as detrimental to the conservation of the region’s rare river habitats.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Before the war, the role of the national government in citizens’ lives was minimal; there wasn’t a federal income tax, let alone responsibility for the government to preserve public lands, says historian and former national parks superintendent Rolf Diamant.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public land
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“Public land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20land. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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