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flatland

[flat-land] / ˈflætˌlænd /




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The partners leased their first of three parcels of barren flatland for around $25,000 a month, anchored by a dilapidated ranch house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“I think a lot of it is that we populate the scene between the flatland of L.A. and the Griffith Park hill.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

In other world championships decided Thursday, Yu Shoji of Japan won the men’s BMX freestyle flatland competition and Aude Cassagne of France took the women’s title.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

On Monday, an incoming typhoon which turned into a tropical storm forced organisers to call quits and evacuate all participants from the Saemangeum area- a vast, treeless flatland.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023

Soon the other families abandoned their homes on the flatland and went up to the hills.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

In North Hollywood, a denser mix of small apartments, mixed-use complexes and single-family homes with casitas fills the flatlands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

Its history is short: it has only existed since 2005, raised out of the flatlands by the then military rulers of Myanmar, which was previously known as Burma.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025

“That is what is creating this level of distrust. It’s like living in Russia or China,” he said, instead of the fertile flatlands of Flanders in northwestern Belgium.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

These are the flatlands where the Balkan mountains slope down to the River Danube.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024

The woods were thinner near the sea, the terrain mostly flatlands, rolling hills, and salt marshes.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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