The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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"We lost 85% of the marine prairies, and we saw the fishes on the shore looking for oxygen, and these images were horrible," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Refinery issues in the Great Lakes and the prairies of Canada fed into significant price increases for those two areas, including the states of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
Mitchell, a writer and broadcaster who chronicled life on the Canadian prairies in the mid 20th century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
The uprooting of prairies across the Great Plains and the Dust Bowl could not have occurred without the massive settler movement triggered by the Homestead Act of 1862.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2025
The great quiet of the prairies surrounded him.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
