puna

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Recent Examples of puna Deep wells or puna are cleaned of dirt and debris so the sea water that enters them through underground channels is clean and conducive to salt making. Deepa Bharath, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024 Reviving the amunas could be complemented by projects to restore the puna, the high-altitude tundra ecosystem that, when healthy, holds water like a sponge. Simeon Tegel, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puna
Noun
  • The refined tequila is crafted from single-source, 100% Blue Weber agave, harvested at peak maturity from the red volcanic highlands of Jalisco, Mexico.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Researchers first discovered the frog in an expedition to the park in 2006 but identified it as another similar species found in the central highlands of Madagascar, herpetologist and evolutionary biologist Mark Scherz wrote in a Feb. 14 post on his website.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Instructors will focus on coastal, estuarine, and uplands habitats; coastal plants; and marine invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The conservation easement secures the land’s upland forests, 26 acres of wetlands, and Naugatuck River headwaters.
    Shelley Harms, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The new age movement brought flocks of people to its buttes, canyons and trails.
    Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Hotel Yellowstone sits on a butte that overlooks the mountain range and each of the property’s 36 suites are privately situated in clusters across the four-acre property.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024
Noun
  • Use the dome light and flashers to make your vehicle more noticeable.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Make your vehicle more visible by using the dome light and flashers.
    Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the Chilean altiplano above 12,000 feet, Meiburg spends one of the coldest nights of his life in a sleeping bag on the edge of a salt lagoon, staking out mountain caracaras known for working in groups to flip over heavy flat stones in search of edible creatures.
    Paul Kvinta, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.
    J.R. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2022

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“Puna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puna. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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