as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain
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Recent Examples of tundra
Monitoring of Kalluk, for example, helped stumped researchers discern how polar bears were able to find each other over the vast and apparently featureless Arctic tundra, said Megan Owen, vice president of wildlife conservation science for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Brown and black bears, moose and wolves, roam tundra and black spruce forests.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
For example, the model predicted diverse communities of fungi in the Alaskan tundra and the Mediterranean scrublands, rather than the Amazon rainforest.
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2025
His childhood was defined by wild flavors: eating seabird brains, fish crisped over open flames, and plucking berries straight from the tundra.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Brown and black bears, moose and wolves, roam tundra and black spruce forests.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
For example, the model predicted diverse communities of fungi in the Alaskan tundra and the Mediterranean scrublands, rather than the Amazon rainforest.
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2025
His childhood was defined by wild flavors: eating seabird brains, fish crisped over open flames, and plucking berries straight from the tundra.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tundra
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On the Cougars’ second possession, Weigman broke one tackle and found nothing but Texas prairie in front of him for a 49-yard gain.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Adding a 2,800-square-foot prairie meadow along the eastern border of the dog park to provide natural habitat for birds and pollinators, and offer noise buffering.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Sep. 2025
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From the frozen Arctic to the windswept Mongolian steppe, necessity and environment shaped diets that leaned heavily — sometimes almost entirely — on meat.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Identification of microbes The team used genomic and bioinformatic techniques to analyze the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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During this epoch, expanses of coastal plains revealed themselves as sea levels dropped by around 330 feet.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Sep. 2025
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Since its launch nearly 40 years ago, the Quagga Project — a South African initiative, led by naturalist Reinhold Rau — has served to selectively breed plains zebras that resemble the quagga’s unique appearance most closely.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Despite their incredibly unique look, quaggas were once very common across various grasslands in South Africa.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Typically, the bird is found in dry pastures and open spaces and prefers grasslands over coasts.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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This region is more densely populated by Neptune-like worlds than both the desert and the savanna.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Amazon rainforest could wither into a savanna; coral reefs could bleach ghost-white; a major current in the Atlantic Ocean might go slack and fail to deliver warmth to Europe, turning Scotland into Siberia.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Tundra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tundra. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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