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inland

[in-luhnd, in-land, -luhnd] / ˈɪn lənd, ˈɪnˌlænd, -lənd /


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Guernsey Nature Commission said there had been a 95% decline in the European eel population since the 1980s due largely to freshwater habitat loss and barriers to inland feeding grounds.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Over tens of millions of years, the giant cliff system would have gradually migrated inland as erosion wore it down.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

The situation is especially critical in Germany on the Rhine, the core of the European inland waterway transport network.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Along with the Clark Air Base inland, Subic Bay sustained anticommunist wars in Korea and Vietnam and, thanks to the support of longtime dictator Ferdinand Marcos, projected U.S. power through decades of containment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Then the road took a slight turn inland at the point where private homes and private property began and the state beach ended.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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