as in mountain
a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.
The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit.
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Recent Examples of butte
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota The buttes, bluffs, and pinnacles of the North Dakota badlands make for desirable backpacking come summer.
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Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
Enchantment Resort Sedona, Arizona Snowbirds traveling south for winter can still catch white peaks on red-rock buttes in the high desert.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
People can see the cinder cone volcanic field, Sedona's red rock buttes and as far as the Grand Canyon on a clear day.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Hole-in-the-Rock is only a 0.2-mile trail, which leads to a large hole in the Hole-in-the-Rock butte, offering stunning views of Phoenix and Scottsdale.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
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Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
Enchantment Resort Sedona, Arizona Snowbirds traveling south for winter can still catch white peaks on red-rock buttes in the high desert.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
People can see the cinder cone volcanic field, Sedona's red rock buttes and as far as the Grand Canyon on a clear day.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Hole-in-the-Rock is only a 0.2-mile trail, which leads to a large hole in the Hole-in-the-Rock butte, offering stunning views of Phoenix and Scottsdale.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butte
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But even with the possibility of less-than-perfect powder conditions, a trip to Lake Tahoe’s aquamarine waters and rolling mountain ranges, grim Old West histories, and peppy post-Covid population boom is a very good idea this time of year.—
Alessandra Codinha,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2025
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The two-hour journey cost $70 and was seamless, offering stunning coastal and mountain views along the famous Ruta de Flores.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2025
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Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: False The cliff faces in the video are not tree stumps.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Shots of the island’s raw, jagged cliffs and almost acid-green vegetation are bound to mesmerize.—
Aislyn Greene,
AFAR Media,
19 Feb. 2025
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Down below the high mesa, a freight train blew its horn.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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The towering features are similar to the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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The resort combines sleek Nordic design with proximity to geothermal trails, an ideal base for exploring Iceland’s highlands.—
Becca Blond,
AFAR Media,
5 Feb. 2025
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He’s spent 12 years in Worthington, but learned marimba music by ear from his grandfather in Guatemala’s volcanic highlands.—
Giovanna Dell'orto,
Twin Cities,
20 Jan. 2025
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This is the blaze named after the canyon behind the foothills community of Altadena in the San Gabriel Mountains.—
Tom Philp,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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In the foothills of Khao Yai National Park, GranMonte Estate in Asoke Valley—where second-generation Nikki Lohitnavy, who earned an oenology degree from the University of Adelaide, has become the country’s first female winemaker—also takes its name from the mighty mountain.—
Lane Nieset,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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Although global oil demand seems slated to plateau in the early 2030s, natural gas consumption is expected to continue to increase well into the 2040s.—
DANIEL YERGIN,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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At this point of the season, Week 7, there were about 500 deaths last season, and 600 the year before, but in both of those seasons the deaths had already started to plateau by mid-February.—
Harriet Blair Rowan,
The Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Butte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butte. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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