mountains

plural of mountain
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as in loads
a considerable amount receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays

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Recent Examples of mountains 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 Visitors look over mountains, islands, fjords, and the sea. Robin Raven, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 But the photos in that email, from camera traps in the Andes mountains, struck him as different. Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024 While those species stick to the lowlands of savannahs and coastal forests, the clouded-tiger cat is only found in the mountains of Central and South America. Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024 Winds are expected to peak Tuesday into Wednesday, with peak gusts around 30 to 45 mph over the mountains and hills, according to the weather service. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024 Google has the search training data and financial clout to gain market share, and Meta has a massive captive user base which continues to provide it mountains of user data to train on. Daniel Newman, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Like a gravity-defying river, the future is said to flow up mountains, while the past flows downhill. Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 Already, first storm brought up to half a foot of snow to I-80 in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, creating a mess, with lots of accidents and major backups. Max Golembo, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountains
Noun
  • In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Letting the roast simmer for hours in a mixture of pickled jalapeño brine and fish sauce yields a fall-apart tangle of meat that’s wildly good on soft rolls or over piles of rice.
    Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Large chunks of the pier were left floating in the water.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The same is true for much of Alameda; sizable chunks of Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and Marin County; and some areas near Silicon Valley, including northern sections of Redwood City and Burlingame.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • With catering, families can avoid the expense of purchasing and preparing large quantities of food, which can often go to waste.
    Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But the mountains can’t make snow if temperatures aren’t cold enough, and natural snow has only been falling in large quantities later in the season in recent years at many resorts, according Andria Huskinson, communication and public relations manager at Solitude.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In California alone, hundreds of cattle herds and poultry flocks have tested positive.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But that expansion did not go quite as planned, as hundreds of drivers received erroneous tickets.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Should the Pistons do anything at the trade deadline except pick up a few assets by facilitating three-way deals?
    Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Walmart is out to wow you with today's tech deals.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The annual December event, which got its start nearly a dozen years ago, starts Thursday.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Festival goers sampled sandwiches provided by more than two dozen vendors.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Mountains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountains. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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