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
If Arizona State football's fan culture has defining characteristics, it was constructed between the two buttes of Cynicism and Skepticism.
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Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
Perhaps that’s why Sedona attracts such a strong enclave of New Age spiritual devotees searching for metaphysical energy in the vortexes allegedly sprinkled throughout its buttes and spires.
—Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
Another legend suggests the name came from two local buttes resembling piles of horse manure — the actual meaning of the word.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 21 May 2024
Follow the Big Park Loops signs for a four mile circumnavigation of the butte.
—Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
Perhaps that’s why Sedona attracts such a strong enclave of New Age spiritual devotees searching for metaphysical energy in the vortexes allegedly sprinkled throughout its buttes and spires.
—Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
Another legend suggests the name came from two local buttes resembling piles of horse manure — the actual meaning of the word.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 21 May 2024
Follow the Big Park Loops signs for a four mile circumnavigation of the butte.
—Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butte
Noun
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Once the backcountry skiers were located on the mountain, air support learned two of the three men were injured and could not walk.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2025
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His words resonate against images of the changing face of denuded mountains, pointing up a key theme now more relevant than ever — the cost to nature of man’s progress.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Tiny the hound became stranded in the middle of the cliff face near the mountain’s summit on Jan. 1, Mesa County Search and Rescue said on Facebook.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Jan. 2025
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Some solid increases across the board here suggest that with at least these two titles (admittedly, a tiny sample size), the RTX 5090 may not see too much of a cliff with older games.—
John Burek,
PCMAG,
23 Jan. 2025
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Jeremiah Hight, 23, was arrested on the afternoon of Dec. 24 atop a mesa west of Oljato, Utah, by the Navajo Police Department’s K-9 Unit and the Bureau of Indian Affairs drug enforcement division, according to a statement from the Navajo Police Department.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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The town hovers high above the Española valley, on a handsome mesa called the Pajarito Plateau.—
Abe Streep,
The New Yorker,
27 Dec. 2024
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Leave a comment View Comments The formations have also provided insight into one of the biggest mysteries on Mars — why the planet has a marked boundary between the soaring highlands of its southern hemisphere and shallow plains in the northern hemisphere.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Still, White had to find the actual hotel, spending months touring Thailand’s rolling northern highlands, bustling Bangkok, and southern beach resorts of Phuket and Krabi.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The National Weather service forecast wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph in parts of southern California and up to 100 mph gusts in mountains and foothills last week.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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This brought surges of powerful winds across the Los Angeles and Ventura County Mountains -- including in some places that don't typically see winds that strong, like Burbank and in the foothills of the Pacific Palisades.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Combined with gains in efficiency, a shift towards service industries in advanced economies, and an aging population, these changes could lead to a plateau in emissions growth.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Wildlife officials said the return of the leopards to the plateau validates conservation efforts made in the region.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Butte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butte. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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