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bottomland

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Recent Examples of bottomland Whitmer, in November 2020, sent notice of her intention to revoke the state's 1953 easement with the company allowing the pipelines underwater on the Straits of Mackinac bottomlands. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 17 Dec. 2025 The Parkers were one of the first families to occupy the bottomland near the north bank of the Trinity River before the Johnson family founded Mosier Valley, according to Pointer. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025 As one of the largest intact stretches of old-growth bottomland hardwood forests, Congaree National Park is marvelous in any season. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025 Mike was in a bottomland tree stand ahead of us, near the edge of the property. — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bottomland

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Noun

The northern lowlands may have once been home to a large ocean.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026
In the Niayes, fertile coastal lowlands between sand dunes and the Atlantic Ocean, two women rake the soil side by side amid a light breeze off the water.

— Adrien Marotte, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of lowland

Noun

Set in British Columbia’s Thompson Valley, the city is surrounded by rolling hills, rivers, and grasslands—a noticeable change from the coastal forests seen earlier in the day.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
Today, the 558,000-acre reserve works to rehabilitate forests, grasslands, streams, and former mining areas while restoring native wildlife.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

Radical Change Several decades ago, in the dry prairies of eastern Washington, Pamela Soltis and Douglas Soltis began tracking a polyploidy event.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
The mission includes prairies, plains, and mountains, where helicopters need to fly over remote areas at any time of day.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of prairie

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The center of the activities was a grove, within a ring of trees, considered to be one of the oldest oak savannas in the state.

— Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
With a glorious mane of glowing purple gas and dust, the Lion Nebula sparkles on the cosmic savanna in this new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of savanna

Noun

Despite being made from leather, these flats are also very breathable, thanks to side vents that allow airflow.

— Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
The delicate shape still nods to classic ballet flats, but the slight heel gives everything a little more polish, making the pairing feel less Sunday lunch with your nan and more Copenhagen Fashion Week.

— Georgia Brown, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2026

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As evening fell and guests sipped drinks and ate hors d’oeuvres, John Ternus slipped into the Observatory building, an event space embedded into a meadow with a large oval window that looks out toward Apple’s main building.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
In September, aspens begin turning gold in places such as the Bear Lake Road Corridor, while male elk bugle and gather harems in meadows around Moraine Park and nearby Estes Park.

— Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026

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