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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

And much of the flatland area that McNeill views as most appropriate for development is restricted by open space easements purchased by the county in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

Louis said Parker's best discipline is flatland BMX - doing tricks on the ground, without the use of ramps, however, for Parker, he enjoys the more extreme side.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024

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

Rather than deal with the wild animals, who seemed to be everywhere on the flatland, they decided to go in search of food up in the hills.

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

Ukrainians argue that stopping the Russians if they reached the flatlands would be much harder.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

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

Geological Survey calls the Buttes “a remarkable geographic and geologic feature” emerging from what are otherwise flatlands extending out for miles.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

“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

To his right, the flatlands of Berkeley and Oakland marched west—a vast checkerboard of neighborhoods, with several million people who probably did not want their morning interrupted by two monsters and a filthy demigod.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan


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