as in mountain
an elevation of land higher than a hill an adventurer who has scaled alps, explored ocean depths, and flown into the stratosphere

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Recent Examples of alp The large lake nuzzles its way deep down among the jagged and snowy alps, straddling the border of Italy and Switzerland. Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 16 July 2024 Ten days of winding your way through the alps, averaging a couple of hundred miles a day. Henry Everingham, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024 Best Areas For Solo Travel In Italy From the winding vineyards of Tuscany to the ancient ruins of Rome to the peaks of the Italian alps to the medieval seaside towns in Apulia, Italy has endless history, culture, art, and of course, food and beverage to appease any visitor. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 The young boys would then visit the women on the weekends or at night in the alp. Susan Portnoy, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024 In the Italian alps, near Sankt Ulrich, Thomas Comploi’s family has won the climate change lottery. George Steinmetz Catherine Porter, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024 At her inaugural Halloween party, Klum dressed up as Heidi, a character from Johanna Spyri’s German novels about a young girl living in the Swiss alps. Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023 Here being some modernistic lair/home overlooking the Austrian alps. Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 16 June 2023 Plagues made appearances, and the outcomes of wars were influenced here and there by harsh winters or gales at sea or foolhardy decisions involving elephants and alps. Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 10 May 2023

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“Alp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alp. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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