sagebrush
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sagebrush
Example Sentences
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In 2024, the Biden administration added the dunes sagebrush lizard to the endangered species list after years of advocacy from environmental groups like the Center for Biological Diversity.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
The West had a “foreboding beauty”; wheat fields and orchards gave way to “unforgiving” sagebrush and treeless hills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The number of wild burros roaming pine forests and sagebrush fields has grown in recent years, with experts worried that the miniature beasts of burden could overwhelm rare and endangered species of plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
But a lack of lawns doesn’t equate to a lack of life: Picture aromatic sagebrush, bright yellow sunflowers, flowering yuccas, humble scrubs and native grasses billowing in the breeze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
Moments later she emerged, skirted around the house and entered the sagebrush, heading for the few silvery cottonwoods and willows growing along the Rio Lucero.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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