as in plateau
a broad flat area of elevated land a mesa in the Arizona desert

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Recent Examples of mesa The couple's home has picture windows that frame a desert landscape, willowy green mesquite and a brown mesa in the distance. Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025 North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve Peak season: Mid-March to late April/May North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve encompasses a wide-open, 3,200-acre mesa near Oroville. Deb Hopewell, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025 The two were close, living in the family’s home in a historic tribal village surrounded by high desert and mesas. Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2022 Given the on-time launch and assuming no major problems, the Athena lander is expected to descend to touchdown on a flat mesa-like structure known as Mons Mouton on March 6, setting down just 100 miles from the Moon's south pole—closer than any other spacecraft has attempted. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mesa
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Noun
  • Accounts that stay committed keep growing while others plateau or give up.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • Sensor tech hit a plateau in picture quality around 2015 with the release of the first camera with a full-frame BSI CMOS sensor, the Sony a7R II.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • That’s not the case here, the world’s largest inland delta; in fact, the water level here is at its highest now during the supposedly dry season, mostly because the rainfall that deluges Angola’s highlands in summer takes so long to meander down to pool on the plains.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
  • In this hypnotic odyssey, the ancient monasteries of Armenia’s highlands bear traces of epochs past.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
  • It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023

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“Mesa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesa. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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