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terra

[ter-uh] / ˈtɛr ə /




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That topic already is broad enough, but once the Fed starts down that road, it quickly will find itself in intellectual terra incognita.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

But the fear was that it would happen in space, when you’re 180 miles from terra firma and the nearest fire station.

From Salon Feb. 9, 2025

They came in a small range of colors: sand, terra cotta, chestnut.

From Slate Oct. 20, 2024

This is really quite intriguing as we do not know much about these parts of the genome; our work shows there is benefit in exploring further this genetic terra incognita.'

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2024

The key to terra preta s long-term fertility, Glaser says, is charcoal: terra preta contains up to sixty-four times more of it than surrounding red earth.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

He began again, starting with Juno’s unforgiving cruelty, sweeping into the cave of winds, and finally breaking into the storm: ruunt et terras turbine perflant.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Ultima coelicolum terras Astrea reliquit; this means, that Peace fled into a far distant country.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various

She is emphatically addressed as a Power, present through all the world,—    Caeli subter labentia signa Quae mare navigerum quae terras frugiferentis Concelebras.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Being in town the house had no garden; but the terras with its big jars of plants seemed a favourite place for taking the air.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

Canoemen on the Upper Amazons live in constant dread of the "terras cahidas," or landslips, which occasionally take place along the steep earthy banks, especially when the waters are rising.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter




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