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Recent Examples of mesa
The park’s trails lead across red rock cliffs, piñon-juniper woodlands, and high-desert mesas with panoramic views in every direction that glow gold and orange at sunrise or sunset.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Scans of the long, flat mesa on the property suggest that there’s an immense, unknown, fragmented thing inside.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
Foothills, groves, canyons and mesas all have been created above a parking garage thanks to the abundant use of hidden foam to shape the terrain.
—Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
On the mesa, flames leaped from one 4,000-square-foot home to the next.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Scans of the long, flat mesa on the property suggest that there’s an immense, unknown, fragmented thing inside.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
Foothills, groves, canyons and mesas all have been created above a parking garage thanks to the abundant use of hidden foam to shape the terrain.
—Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
On the mesa, flames leaped from one 4,000-square-foot home to the next.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesa
Noun
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Similarly, a 2024 study published in BMC Psychology found that novelty and variation keep happiness from hitting a plateau.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The best option is Cherry Springs State Park, which sits on a high plateau in northern Pennsylvania.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Set in the rural highlands, the film follows two estranged brothers who reunite in the land of their birth.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Artemis cargo landers will deliver equipment to sites along the moon’s polar highlands, while crew members will complete daily sample retrieval runs.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2023
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“Mesa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesa. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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