Steppes
plural noun
the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
Steppes
British
/ stɛps /
plural noun
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the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
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another name for Kyrgyz Steppe
steppes
Cultural
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“How am I going to cross the street?” he asked her this summer as the family drove through the Mongolian Steppes in a Russian-built van.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
“The Book of Dust” has other touchstones too: William Blake, the occult, ancient civilizations, East Asia and a eight-minute piece by Borodin called “In the Steppes of Central Asia.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2017
One such work was his seven-movement oratorio, Song of the Forest, a piece that celebrated the forestation of the Russian Steppes after the second world war.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2015
Into the vast parched plain known as the Golodnaya Steppes or "Hungry Desert" two mighty rivers will be diverted.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is an intentional, artistic use of monotony and may be compared to the limitless Russian Steppes.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding
There were only arid steppes in sight when a small plane took off from an airport in southern Kazakhstan, embarking on a delicate mission: bringing rain for the scorched earth below.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
I was two days into the Gobi March, a brutal 155-mile ultramarathon through the steppes, sand dunes and rock valleys of Central Mongolia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
They then spent eight days on the road with a Chinese driver, travelling through mountains and lush steppes, which left Mr Sun in awe.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
In essence, how did their way of life change over time in a completely new environment after they left the steppes and abandoned their nomadic way of life?
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
The steppes, the flat grassland of southeastern Europe, crawled with rats and mice.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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