variants
also cañon
as in ravine
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides
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Recent Examples of canyon
When the new bridge, pulled into place by teams working on opposite sides of the canyon, is complete, the old one is severed and is simply left to decompose.
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Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
In addition to the herd’s arrival, the San Clemente City Council addressed the mayor’s emergency request on Tuesday to form a citizens’ brigade to help clear brush in some of the city’s more remote canyon areas starting this weekend.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
Tucked into a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains, Telluride, Colorado, is best known for its epic skiing and annual film festival.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
But with gusts clocked at 59 mph, the fire quickly started pushing a shower of sparks across the canyon.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025
In addition to the herd’s arrival, the San Clemente City Council addressed the mayor’s emergency request on Tuesday to form a citizens’ brigade to help clear brush in some of the city’s more remote canyon areas starting this weekend.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
Tucked into a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains, Telluride, Colorado, is best known for its epic skiing and annual film festival.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
But with gusts clocked at 59 mph, the fire quickly started pushing a shower of sparks across the canyon.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canyon
Noun
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California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.—
Virginia Iglesias,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The phenomenon results from rapid tidal currents squeezing between two gorges, making the water rush as quickly and dramatically as, well, a waterfall, only horizontally.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia New River Gorge National Park packs an adventurous punch in its svelte 73,000 acres, protecting 53 miles of the class IV New River and the steep, rocky gorge around it.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In the last decade, fleets of water trucks came to fill the gap, delivering emergency water shipments from nearby valleys.—
Sammy Feldblum,
The Dial,
30 Jan. 2025
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Studies show that the state’s agricultural valley is consuming twice as much groundwater as nature is returning through rain and snow.—
Lisa M. Krieger,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Canyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canyon. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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