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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The home is sited amid a nearly three-acre promontory on the outskirts of Los Angeles, nestled into the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
One monitor, about 11 miles south of the Eaton fire in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, detected 40 times the normal amount of chlorine in the air and 110 times the typical amount of lead in the days following the fires.
—Katharine Gammon, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Williams was well known in Johnson City, a community of some seventy-five thousand people in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Downtown skyscrapers and Dodger Stadium parking lots gave way to lush foothill suburbs before our helicopter rose thousands of feet, cresting the San Gabriels’ sharp peaks and trails.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
One monitor, about 11 miles south of the Eaton fire in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, detected 40 times the normal amount of chlorine in the air and 110 times the typical amount of lead in the days following the fires.
—Katharine Gammon, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Williams was well known in Johnson City, a community of some seventy-five thousand people in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Downtown skyscrapers and Dodger Stadium parking lots gave way to lush foothill suburbs before our helicopter rose thousands of feet, cresting the San Gabriels’ sharp peaks and trails.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foothill. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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foothill
noun
foot·hill
-ˌhil
: a hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains
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