as in hill
an area of high ground
the animals huddled on the upland as the floodwater rose
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Recent Examples of upland
Different Habitats and Hunting Opportunities These kinds of properties are abundant in this part of Nebraska, which is prime territory for upland hunters.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
Pygmy rattlesnakes are found near water and sometimes in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades, according to the TWRA.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
Whereas previous metal pollution records extracted their silt, or evidence from areas far from their sources— upland peat cores or mountain and polar glaciers, Cambridge specifies –the most recent data comes from the epicenter of production, a paleochannel of the River Ure, Cambridge explains.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
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Nestled in the green hills of the Pacific Palisades and just miles from the Pacific Ocean, community members gathered for an afternoon service and concert to grieve, heal and remember — remember homes lost, remember their lives before displacement and remember to find hope in recovery.—
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At the bottom of the hill, Phillips' husband was frantically searching for someone who could help him.—
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Rescuers retrieved eight people alive and were searching for the missing still trapped after a huge mound of garbage and debris collapsed on them in the village of Binaliw in Cebu city, police said.—
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An igloo-like tarpaulin now covers the mound of flowers, teddy bears and lit candles outside Le Constellation bar in the ski resort, to protect the makeshift memorial from the falling snow.—
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The Napo is home to small communities of Kichwa people, whose ancestors came down from the Andean highlands centuries ago.—
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The shallow freshwater coursed lazily among the sawgrass, the water stretching from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the east to the highlands of what is now part of the Big Cypress National Preserve to the west.—
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But Smith’s international bona fides aren’t limited to the mountain.—
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Strongest winds will occur on the eastern slopes of the San Bernardino mountains.—
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“Upland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upland. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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