plains
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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
He said the count was "going smoothly" across the Himalayan nation, from snowbound mountain regions to the hot plains bordering India.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Ice plains have been identified beneath many other Antarctic glaciers.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
The term mesteño, meaning stray or wild, became, in cowboy-speak, mustang — that legendary, free-roaming denizen of the high plains.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
In the early nineteenth century, and even today, the Chewa people were the rulers of the central plains.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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