as in prairies
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa
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Recent Examples of grasslands
Elordi strides naturally through the film’s burning-of-Atlanta orange sunscapes and its grasslands stabbed by obsidian spikes of rock.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Wildfires have also ravaged grasslands used to graze cattle, according to the White House.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
During spring, fields upon fields of California poppies, sky lupine, chocolate lilies, and other blossoms erupt across the mountain’s grasslands, which are best explored via a moderate, four-mile hiking trail.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
In summer, look for grizzlies wandering among the grasslands of the park’s Hayden Valley.
—Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
The group and its rancher members reason that by eating buffalo meat, consumers are helping maintain herds on North American grasslands while supporting regenerative agriculture.
—The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Specifically, as the environment became drier and cooler, forests and woodlands began giving way to more open grasslands in many regions.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Long-nosed bandicoots make their homes in forests, shrublands, grasslands, and terrestrial environments.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Some anthropologists contend that rapid climate shifts caused by these orbit cycles caused a shift in Africa from forests to grasslands.
—New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Wildfires have also ravaged grasslands used to graze cattle, according to the White House.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
During spring, fields upon fields of California poppies, sky lupine, chocolate lilies, and other blossoms erupt across the mountain’s grasslands, which are best explored via a moderate, four-mile hiking trail.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
In summer, look for grizzlies wandering among the grasslands of the park’s Hayden Valley.
—Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
The group and its rancher members reason that by eating buffalo meat, consumers are helping maintain herds on North American grasslands while supporting regenerative agriculture.
—The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Specifically, as the environment became drier and cooler, forests and woodlands began giving way to more open grasslands in many regions.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Long-nosed bandicoots make their homes in forests, shrublands, grasslands, and terrestrial environments.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Some anthropologists contend that rapid climate shifts caused by these orbit cycles caused a shift in Africa from forests to grasslands.
—New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grasslands
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Brenna Hernandez European buckthorn grows in sun and shade alike, and thus can invade all kinds of biomes — woodlands , savannas, prairies, pastures, and even empty lots, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources noted.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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It is often found in heavily disturbed sites, such as roadsides, gravel pits and the edges of agricultural fields, but it can also be found in undisturbed dunes, dry prairies, oak and pine woodlands and rangeland.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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It is located on a ranch in the high plains of New Mexico outside Sante Fe, with stirring views of the Sandia, Ortiz and Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
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Desire, which has been his guide during the hours of riding on horseback across the plains, leaves him no peace.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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All 40 rooms in the low-lying, two-story building look onto the park’s iconic towers, with large windows to catch Patagonia’s expansive steppes and skies.—
Sarah Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Unlike Argentina’s open steppes, Chilean Patagonia hugs the Pacific coast and is carved by glacial valleys covered in with dense vegetation.—
Eric Sheets,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Dec. 2025
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The experience there usually involves wide-open savannas and convoys of jeeps lined up to take in the wildebeest and zebras passing through in the millions during the Great Migration.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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Serval cats roam savannahs and wetlands.—
Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Grasslands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grasslands. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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