as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain
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From freezing Alaskan tundras to the unexpected cold snaps of southern states, here's a look at the coldest temperatures ever recorded across the country, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
There are two sleeping cars for guests divided into berths of upper and lower bunk beds — out on the tundra this is five-star luxury.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Expect unspoiled tundra sprinkled with musk oxen and reindeer on this roughly ten-day trek.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
Flying over the tundra, lights flickering from distant villages, things were finally good.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
There are two sleeping cars for guests divided into berths of upper and lower bunk beds — out on the tundra this is five-star luxury.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Expect unspoiled tundra sprinkled with musk oxen and reindeer on this roughly ten-day trek.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
Flying over the tundra, lights flickering from distant villages, things were finally good.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tundra
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Shh—hear the mountains murmur? Peripatetic prairies slowly creep across the globe.—
Daniel Galef,
Scientific American,
15 Oct. 2024
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Thousands of years ago, southern Wisconsin transitioned from a closed-canopy oak forest to an oak savanna—in an open prairie, oaks, instead of growing straight and tall, branch too early for canoe-making.—
Jacqueline Kehoe,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 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.—
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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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The species is widespread across Ethiopia and known to inhabit woodlands and grasslands.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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The area around it is a unique and delicate ecosystem that includes estuaries and coastal grasslands, mud flats and more, where falcons, hawks, ravens, gulls and songbirds live.—
Robert A. Kopack,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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“Tundra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tundra. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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