terrain
Example Sentences
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Everything happens up close, and both the physical landscape and emotional terrain are described in detail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Even the serial champions are on unfamiliar terrain.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
By 6 p.m., the blaze reached 200 acres as air resources and ground crews contended with steep, narrow terrain that was difficult to access.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
Yet for markets to keep moving higher into fresh record terrain, he thinks there will need to be good earnings next week from the “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks and for the cease-fire to hold.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
Ahead in the gloom, the terrain leveled out into a black swamp.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing terrain
List 8
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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