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savanna

[suh-van-uh] / səˈvæn ə /
NOUN
flat grassland
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
plain savannah


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The amount detected in Neanderthal samples was similar to levels found in western chimpanzees, which use insects to supplement their diets on the savanna, particularly during droughts.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Kio, whom director Favreau and company begin following when he’s eight weeks old, is a tenacious fellow and there’s never any question that life on the savanna is harsh, severe and can be very brief.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The hardest-hit biome last year was once again the Cerrado, a vast, biodiverse savanna south of the Amazon.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

Nonprofits and conservation groups estimate that there are today around 415,000 elephants in Africa, and the African savanna elephant is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

It hadn’t been hard to follow them; despite Mary’s confidence in the open savanna, there was plenty of concealment in the grass and the occasional thickets of string-wood and sap-lacquer bushes.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Capybaras aren’t native to Mexico; they are South American, occupying savannas and vegetated areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

Ancient stories, poems, and songs may hold clues to how vast savannas and grasslands formed and endured across the region.

From Science Daily Feb. 1, 2026

The scale of the increase varied across the four different biomes surveyed, with the sharpest rise in tropical savannas.

From Barron's Jan. 6, 2026

"We must act to save our rivers, oceans, savannas, mangroves and forests, as well as the communities that protect and live alongside them," he said.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2024

Had Indonesia faced the tropical rain forests and savannas of northeastern Australia, the Macassans could have settled, but there is no evidence that they ever traveled that far.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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