How to Use southland in a Sentence

southland

noun
  • Then ‘Southland’ — and that went away.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
  • With the overnight rain, several streets across the southland have flooded.
    Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Southland kept the ticket revenues and paid us nothing.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • And with locations across the Southland, there is likely one close by.
    Erica Olsen, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • In the Southland, strong El Niños increase the likelihood of wet winters that replenish water supplies and decrease wildfire frequency but can also lead to flooding, debris flows and coastal erosion.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

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