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The poet-philosophers of the plains (and every plainsman is one) know that the plains are unknowable in their totality, and are therefore charged with possibility.
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Ben Lerner,
The New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2017
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Ben Lerner,
The New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2017
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“Plainsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plainsman. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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plainsman
noun
plains·man
ˈplānz-mən 
: a person who lives on the plains
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