as in canyon
an area of lowland between hills or mountains
the valley will be the first to flood if the river rises
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Sprawling across 6,600 acres of a valley in western Montana with more than 20 miles of on-site hiking trails, this all-inclusive 19th-century homestead is a no-brainer for large family groups.
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Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 16 May 2025
The valley is rich with fields of wheat and barley, zucchini, tomatoes, and peas; groves of lemons, olives, and pomegranates; and thousands of beehives.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
By Friday, the risk for long-track tornadoes intensifies across parts of the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
States in the Mid-Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys, stretching all the way into parts of Pennsylvania and western New York, could see thunderstorms, damaging winds, hail and a possible isolated tornado, the weather service said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 16 May 2025
The valley is rich with fields of wheat and barley, zucchini, tomatoes, and peas; groves of lemons, olives, and pomegranates; and thousands of beehives.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
By Friday, the risk for long-track tornadoes intensifies across parts of the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
States in the Mid-Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys, stretching all the way into parts of Pennsylvania and western New York, could see thunderstorms, damaging winds, hail and a possible isolated tornado, the weather service said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for valley
Noun
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That initial drive was merely the opening act for the hike-able mesas, canyons, and sky-high sandstone beyond the visitor center gates.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2025
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The octopus inhabits underwater canyons at depths of 3,400 to 5,000 feet.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
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That includes Tom Cruise, as covert CIA division agent Ethan Hunt, riding a motorcycle off a 4,000-foot cliff and BASE jumping the final 500 feet of a ravine, or the breathless climactic train mayhem in 2023’s Dead Reckoning, the opening installment of this two-parter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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Its red rock ranges and fossil-laden gorges preserve a record that dates back more than 3.6 billion years, well before tectonic plates began to shape continents.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Horsetail Falls Further up the gorge, Horsetail Falls spills 176 feet down a sheer rock face.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2025
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One of the biggest temperate rainforests in the United States, the Hoh Rain Forest is worth visiting just for fantastical trails like the Hall of Mosses and Hoh River Trail that wind through peaceful glens of trees positively dripping with moss.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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In terms of materials, Brown describes their creation as a result of her early success, pointing to 2002’s Figures in a Landscape 2, her six-foot by almost seven-foot painting that sends you back to one of Fragonard’s forest glens, with the female in the gaze of the lurking male.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
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Place walnut meats or balls of cream cheese in the hollows of the pears.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
9 May 2025
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His cheeks have sunk into the hollows of his face, his ribs are protruding, and his scrawny limbs are little more than bone.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
4 May 2025
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And, far and near, through vale and hill, Are faces that attest the same; The proud heart flashing through the eyes, At sound of Rob Roy’s name.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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The 2021 Caldor Fire raced toward the South Lake Tahoe neighborhood of Christmas Valley, tucked in a secluded vale.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Look at Georgie’s gorgeous kids and the lovely hills and dales of Wales.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 Nov. 2024
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Look at Georgie’s gorgeous kids and the lovely hills and dales of Wales.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 Nov. 2024
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“Valley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valley. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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