Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain range
Noun
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Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Sep. 2019 -
Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.—
Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Aug. 2019
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Dense banks of sponges cling to the summits and slopes of underwater mountains.—
Christian Elliott,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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John Shine described to me a research trip to the hostile mountain environs of Tasmania, where snakes stay under cover except for the 20 or 30 warm days each year.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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As the costs of the trade war mount in both countries – expected to increase inflation in the U.S. and unemployment in China – the outcome will likely depend on which leader has the greater tolerance for the political costs of decoupling.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 Apr. 2025
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The episode is interspersed with clips of a home game against the Blue Jays in late June, in which the Red Sox mount a late comeback capped by Duran’s walk-off single.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2022
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Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.—
Gregory Thomas,
SFChronicle.com,
17 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Now Trump is once again withdrawing the U.S. After Francis' 2015 encyclical, researchers examined a broad range of views, well beyond the President.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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Many researchers attribute the rise in diagnoses to more widespread screening and the inclusion of a broader range of behaviors to describe the condition.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dell rates this ultrawide monitor at 350 nits (candelas per square meter) of brightness, though in our tests, the monitor reached a peak luminance of just 265 nits.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Plus, the act of putting a mask on in and of itself feels like peak self-care.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These large dark brown colored animals, characterized by a protruding shoulder hump, are social animals that often form herds, which appear to be directed by older females.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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The program is mostly focused on installing speed bumps, tables or humps.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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