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steppe

noun

1
: one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia
2
: arid land with xerophilous vegetation found usually in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil

Example Sentences

nomads have long grazed yaks on the steppes of Mongolia
Recent Examples on the Web Despite being some of the best equipped and professionally trained units on the front lines, withering Russian artillery strikes across the open steppe have maimed and killed many of their fighters. Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Ukraine’s forces early in the war pulled back to cities to avoid fighting a larger army in unprotected areas in Ukraine’s vast steppe and have avoided staying in barracks and bases because Russian forces have targeted them with cruise missiles. Isabel Coles, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 Yet the men and boys were overwhelmingly related to the steppe people, and had virtually no genetic inheritance from the local people. New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021 A few miles to the west, another battle is raging across a pastoral landscape of rolling steppe and small villages as Russian forces try to cut supply lines, surround the two cities and trap the Ukrainian fighters there. New York Times, 9 June 2022 The jewel of New Russia—an oasis of Italian opera on the Ukrainian steppe—would seem a long way from the riverboat culture from which Twain sprang. Daniel Immerwahr, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 Their arrival has buoyed Ukraine’s hopes of achieving artillery superiority at least in some frontline areas, a key step toward military victories in a war now fought mostly on flat, open steppe at long ranges. New York Times, 23 May 2022 Across the vast steppe, where infrastructure is sparse and research facilities are rare, Dr. Ulambayar relies on pastoral people to be her eyes in the field. Lindsey Mcginnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2021 Older men with graying beards walk on footpaths through the tall spring grass on the steppe, past houses damaged by shelling. New York Times, 27 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Russian step'

First Known Use

1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of steppe was in 1671

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