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also savannah
as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
lions roaming the savanna
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Recent Examples of savanna
That sheer size creates a surprising diversity of landscapes that set Ruaha apart from the Serengeti’s flatter savannas.
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Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
The beloved elephants from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s African savanna herd will be the stars of this year’s float in the Rose Parade.
—Jayne Yutig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Influenced by southwestern Nevada’s Mojave Desert, the African savanna’s baobab tree, and the history of modernist architecture, the 60,000-square-foot structure, located in downtown Las Vegas’s Symphony Park, will be the city’s first freestanding art museum.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 Dec. 2025
Serval cats roam savannahs and wetlands.
—Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
The beloved elephants from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s African savanna herd will be the stars of this year’s float in the Rose Parade.
—Jayne Yutig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Influenced by southwestern Nevada’s Mojave Desert, the African savanna’s baobab tree, and the history of modernist architecture, the 60,000-square-foot structure, located in downtown Las Vegas’s Symphony Park, will be the city’s first freestanding art museum.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 Dec. 2025
Serval cats roam savannahs and wetlands.
—Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savanna
Noun
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Saturday’s program will cover key aspects of the lab’s organization, the village of Weston that once occupied part of the site, science, art and the lab’s natural areas, including Fermilab’s prairie restoration and growing bison herd, museum officials said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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Once out of the prairie in western Minnesota, the scenery got more conventional, with more towns, as well as larger cities.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Third Bench would be south of that, mostly open sagebrush steppe in hills that roll toward land set aside for Kuna’s expansion goals.—
Mark Dee
January 29,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
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Morning in the steppe is blinding, pink.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 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
Noun
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The rolling grasslands and rocky beaches of Vandenberg Space Force Base, home to more than a dozen at-risk species, easily could pass for a peaceful nature preserve — but that’s an illusion.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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All four European expeditions saw a Rapa Nui of gardens and grassland, with no forest or tall trees; Roggeveen had specifically noted Islanders’ excitement at the sight of timber.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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