terra
Example Sentences
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Despite the many Aboriginal communities, the British deemed the place terra nullius—no one’s land—and established a penal colony, bringing diseases that drastically reduced the indigenous population.
The law "helps prioritize the issue on the public agenda," said Bruno Kato, founder of Horta da Terra, a company that develops and markets Amazonian ingredients.
From Barron's
The kitchen floor suddenly terra incognita, Jack looked to me across the table for help.
Back on terra firma, Brock agrees with Perplexity's Srinivas that fewer data centres will be required, and that she instead thinks "processing will move to a handheld device, or a set-top box, or a router in your home".
From BBC
The piece ends with the Performance Artist realizing that the boat she built out of garbage is too small to save everyone; a children’s chorus arrives and sings “Et in terra pax” from a Vivaldi “Gloria.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
