wildland
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wildland
Example Sentences
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Today, Cape Cod is no longer the wildland Thoreau once found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
He also noted that people continue to move into fire-prone wildland areas amid a statewide housing shortage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
“The Forest Service is not only the world’s largest forest research organization, but it’s also the world’s largest wildland fire research organization,” Reyes said.
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
Researchers led by Shuxiao Wang aimed to include IVOCs and SVOCs alongside VOCs to better capture how wildland fires affect air quality, human health, and climate.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
Nonetheless, most continue to accept Seton s basic thesis: the Americas seen by the first colonists were a wildland of thundering herds and forests with sky-high trees and lakes aswarm with fish.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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