How to Use Andean in a Sentence

Andean

adjective
  • Head to the Andean region to try them with aji, a Colombian hot sauce, for a bit of heat.
    Natalie Hoy, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
  • The herb is infused into oil, spooned over coca cream and topped with cushuro, an Andean algae.
    Antonia Mufarech, Bloomberg, 15 May 2026
  • Andean ski resort while her parents attend a trade conference in Seville.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
  • Each anchors a different style of travel — collector-focused, Andean village, colonial-era and laid-back island.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • One levitates, a second hears the voices of the dead, a third experiences the entire geologic history of the Andean mountain range inside his own body.
    Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The new bicameral Congress faces the challenge of overcoming the governance crisis that has prevailed in the Andean nation and has seen eight presidents come and go in the last decade.
    ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • Andean hantavirus infections remain rare, and person-to-person transmission has been documented only in limited situations involving close and prolonged contact.
    Alice Politi, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
  • The day brings indigenous Andean music, colorful traditional attire and historical re-enactments of Inca ceremonies.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
  • The scenic two-hour drive is spectacular and Colca Canyon—one of the deepest canyons in the world and home to soaring Andean condors—provides a fitting finale to South America’s most remarkable rail journey.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
  • Their studies focused on the dogs’ diets, mobility, and origins, illuminating the role of this breed—integral to Peruvian identity—in pre-Incan Andean societies.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
  • The last is a source of national pride in Peru, and one of the most recognizable expressions of how Andean ingredients melded with Cantonese stir-fry techniques introduced by the country’s Chinese immigrants.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Mexican criminal organizations remain key customers and distributors, with Mexico the primary destination for drugs leaving the Andean country.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Although hairless dogs are widely represented in ancient Andean coastal pottery and were declared a national symbol in 2000, these are the only physical remains of this breed known to exist, according to a press release from Dartmouth, one of the research institutions involved in the study.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
  • Colombia’s burgeoning Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) opens its doors even wider to welcome young wannabe producers from Central America, the Caribbean and Andean countries this year, thanks to an alliance with Netflix.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 6 July 2026

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