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
The varied landscapes of the park, which includes those dramatic dunes, prairies, bogs, and marshes, is home to at least 350 different species of birds.
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Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2025
The Road Trips That Changed Their Lives Antoni Porowski, Rachel Kushner, Michelle Zauner and others on their most memorable driving vacations, from coastal Maine to the prairies of South Dakota.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Pollinators: Bees, butterflies Fiery blanket flower can be spotted baking in prairies or along roadsides and dunes in sandy soil.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2025
With the prairie getting plowed under and replaced almost completely by farmland, the prairie chicken lost its habitat, and is nearly extinct in Illinois.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2025
The Road Trips That Changed Their Lives Antoni Porowski, Rachel Kushner, Michelle Zauner and others on their most memorable driving vacations, from coastal Maine to the prairies of South Dakota.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Pollinators: Bees, butterflies Fiery blanket flower can be spotted baking in prairies or along roadsides and dunes in sandy soil.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2025
With the prairie getting plowed under and replaced almost completely by farmland, the prairie chicken lost its habitat, and is nearly extinct in Illinois.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prairie
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But they’ve since been reestablished on the steppes of Mongolia and China, with some in Russia and Ukraine.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
30 June 2025
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In the northwest of what became America, bogs and boreal forests replaced the dry plains and steppe, fed upon and spread by large grazers like wapiti, moose and elk — who lived on, and helped create, the forests that now define the region.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
16 May 2025
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The line is rooted in outerwear, which includes wrap coats in twin layers of double-faced wool; reversible jackets with one side plain, the other patterned; and crinkled unisex trenchcoats that pack up neatly into a travel pouch, printed with a bicycle pattern drawn from Veldkamp’s art.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025
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While the dire wolves were promoted by investor George R.R. Martin, this latest project started with a pitch from Lord of Rings director and unofficial New Zealand tourism czar Peter Jackson, whose films introduced the world to the stunning mountain ranges and grassy plains of his homeland.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
8 July 2025
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There’s more than just spectacle to this event: The park can sustain only about 1,000 of the animals without grasslands becoming dangerously depleted, so the excess population will be auctioned off in the roundup’s wake.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
30 June 2025
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The road passes vast farm fields, undulating grasslands dotted with towering wind turbines and sprawling cattle ranches before entering Amarillo, the Panhandle’s largest city.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Read on for even more wreaths under $35, with festive options featuring shiny baubles, LED lights, feathery pampas, and more.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 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
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Less well known is their critical role in helping dead things disappear—piles of leaves and rotting stumps, the rat in the street, the elephant on the savanna, the contents of your compost bin.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Black mambas are often seen cruising the savanna with their head and neck held high, using their keen eyesight to scan for danger or track prey – typically small mammals such as hyraxes, bush babies, and rodents.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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The property spans 140 acres, including verdant meadows and woodlands, in the Hudson Valley.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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On the prairie—from the French word for meadow—horses thrived.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
6 July 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 19 Jul. 2025.
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