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land

Definition for land

noun as in earth's surface; ownable property

verb as in achieve, acquire

Strongest matches

get, have, pick up, secure, win

Strong matches

annex, gain, obtain, procure

Weak match

bring in

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Example Sentences

This is largely due to land use changes, namely the conversion of more fire-prone savannah in Central Africa to agricultural land, Swansea University wildfire researcher Cristina Santin Nuno told Carbon Brief.

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Another option is to head over to HipCamp, an online directory of private land that’s open to camping, where you’ll find everything from yurts and cabins to treehouses and simple campsites on which to pitch your tent.

In the case of more recent boundaries, such as the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, it is not as easy to find an outcrop on land that documents the transition, so plumbing of paleoclimate archives is required.

What’s most needed is way to reboot our relationship with the oil palm—to find a way to produce more oil on less land.

The land belonged to his in-laws, and they didn’t want anyone else on the property.

For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.

It was supposed to land in Singapore at 8:57 a.m. local time.

The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.

In this American dream, we are emotionally tied to the people and land of our communities.

Chickens require significantly less land, water, and energy than all other meat options except farmed salmon.

Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.

It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.

Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.

It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.

We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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