as in cliffs
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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Red and brown cliffs, varnished by thousands of years of high-desert weather, towered on either side of me.—
Derek M. Norman,
Chicago Tribune,
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Remove the economic cliffs that prohibit people from climbing the ladder of success without the risk of losing public resources.—
Len Fasano,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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For investors, this means that meaningful financial updates from companies will be accompanied by mountains of trivial environmental data.—
Stone Washington,
National Review,
31 Dec. 2024
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Visitors look over mountains, islands, fjords, and the sea.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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Israel seized the strategic highlands from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Buttes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttes. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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