moorland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of moorland
before 950; Middle English more lond, Old English mōrlond. See moor 1, -land
Example Sentences
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Andrew Gilruth, chief executive of the Moorland Association, which represents landowners in upland areas in England and Wales, claimed the government's backing for the project suggested the go-ahead was "already a foregone conclusion".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The 57-year-old was walking with her husband on Moorland Road in Splott, Cardiff, at about 17:30 GMT on 10 December when a cyclist rode into her before fleeing the scene.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025
The Moorland Association, which represents the owners of moorland estates, told the BBC it welcomed the government investigation.
From BBC • May 29, 2022
Scott’s research revealed that “The Case of the Negro” had been written at the request of two black men, Channing Tobias and Jesse Moorland, who were prominent in the YMCA’s movement for African Americans.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2019
And their arguments reinforced the discordant tradition I’d found in Moorland, and I began to see discord, argument, chaos, perhaps even fear, as a kind of power.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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