plains
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The Agriculture Department lowered its outlook for U.S. wheat production in 2026, amid drought conditions seen in the western plains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The others, with their hot deserts and big-sky plains, seem more obvious: Texas, Arizona and California.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
Satellites have photographed the far side before, but the astronauts were the first human eyes to see some parts of the far side's surface and its vast craters and lava plains.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
India has long considered Hindu-majority Nepal as a traditional ally, with open borders along the plains.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Most to the North he looked, and would pause at whiles to listen as if by some ancient art his ears might hear the thunder of hoofs on the plains far away.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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