Examples of scrubland in a Sentence
a large area of scrubland
the scrublands of the American West
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Other records from the district and the state describe how most of the water percolated into the ground, evaporated into hot, dry air, or drained off fields into scrubland and desert.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
The medium-sized bats primarily live in arid grasslands, desert scrublands, and dry tropical forests.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
Camel caravans on the Silk Road once passed through this flat, dusty scrubland.
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Shilo Urban,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Somewhere in the Texas scrubland sits a shed the size of several football fields, packed with billions of dollars' worth of computer chips and drawing the power of a small city.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
The medium-sized bats primarily live in arid grasslands, desert scrublands, and dry tropical forests.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
Camel caravans on the Silk Road once passed through this flat, dusty scrubland.
—
Shilo Urban,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Somewhere in the Texas scrubland sits a shed the size of several football fields, packed with billions of dollars' worth of computer chips and drawing the power of a small city.
—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for scrubland
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“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrubland. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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scrubland
noun
scrub·land
ˈskrəb-ˌland 
: land covered with scrub
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