prairie
Example Sentences
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Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT lit this prairie fire in November 2022, the semiconductor ETF is up around 190%.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Once out of the prairie in western Minnesota, the scenery got more conventional, with more towns, as well as larger cities.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
I’m usually a loyalist to the cornmeal-swirled muffin — I love that little grainy grit, the way it reins in lush summer fruit with a bit of prairie stoicism.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
In late September, the firm invited executives from about 40 pensions, endowments and other institutions that invest in its funds to see the data center that will eventually rise from the Texas prairie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
A savage storm blew across the prairie and turned the streets into rivers of mud, so the private detective didn’t arrive in Ponca City until dark, only to discover that Brown wasn’t there.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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