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prairies

  • plural
    of prairie.
    prairie
    noun
    an extensive, level or slightly undulating, mostly treeless tract of land in the Mississippi valley, characterized by a highly fertile soil and originally covered with coarse grasses, and merging into drier plateaus in the west.

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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

The Port of Churchill opened nearly a century ago and was primarily used to export grain from the prairies.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

But as curling moved from the prairies to the cities, the object lessons the sport taught changed as well.

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

Eventually the monkeys came out of the woods, walking on their hind legs, and took over the prairies and almost everything else.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien