cuesta

Definition of cuestanext

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Noun
  • But his landscape paintings of the stony canyons and craggy cliffs that define this part of the country seem to be everywhere these days.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a couple of reasons why AI earnings may soon reach a cliff and end up in a market correction.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • As the sun dropped and the temperature fell, Scarabeo Roches Noires emerged on the horizon, a small cluster of white tents perched on a rocky escarpment.
    Fergus Scholes, TheWeek, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One afternoon, in Jasper, Gordon Watkins, who runs the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, pointed to the limestone bluffs along the Buffalo National River.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Perched on a bluff that overlooks Irish Beach, a private area within Manchester State Park, the home boasts an unobstructed, 180-degree view of the rugged Mendocino coastline.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Alaska runs along a ridge just outside of Arches National Park, offering long-range views of the park’s towers and buttes across the Salt Valley.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
  • On-site trails and yoga atop a butte make for a complete wellness package—one that will spur an appetite.
    Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Two birds seemed to be gobbling there — one between the hogback and the creek valley and the other higher.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That loop yields a two-mile hike with 300 feet of climbing, not counting the short spur trail up to the hogback.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The farther away from a scarp, the lesser the hazard.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • That is a clear fingerprint of an earthquake, one that, according to the rounding and wear and sloping of the scarp, occurred about 2.6 million years ago.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Smug, perhaps unaware that right beside her is the largest precipice of her brief life.
    María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
  • After a second-round exit in 2025, the Huskies are again on the precipice of another championship in head coach Dan Hurley’s eighth season with the program.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Post-accident, Varren still sports a forehead scar and continues to ride his e-bike in his Miramar neighborhood with friends.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Sometimes, the aftermath of a boom-and-bust cycle leaves a scar that lasts for generations.
    Doug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Cuesta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuesta. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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