foothill
noun
foot·hill
ˈfu̇t-ˌhil 
1
: a hill at the foot of higher hills
2
foothills plural
: a hilly region at the base of a mountain range
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Poly, in Pasadena withdrew its offer to purchase the 78-acre nursery that butts up against the wild foothills of Altadena.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
By the time the sound system was set up under a beating sun in the desert foothills and the shepherds were accounted for, the procession had grown to about 150 revelers.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
Located about 12 miles west of Little Rock, it is considered part of the foothills of the eastern Ouachita Mountains.
—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Founded as a mining town in the 1870s, the city of 10,000 nestles up against the foothills of the Gila National Forest, 3.3 million acres of alligator juniper, ponderosa pine and Gambel oak draped across softly sloping mountains.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
By the time the sound system was set up under a beating sun in the desert foothills and the shepherds were accounted for, the procession had grown to about 150 revelers.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
Located about 12 miles west of Little Rock, it is considered part of the foothills of the eastern Ouachita Mountains.
—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Founded as a mining town in the 1870s, the city of 10,000 nestles up against the foothills of the Gila National Forest, 3.3 million acres of alligator juniper, ponderosa pine and Gambel oak draped across softly sloping mountains.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foothill. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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foothill
noun
foot·hill
-ˌhil
: a hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains
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