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Recent Examples of sierra
Mallorca’s very own mountain range is perfect walking territory, boasting the famous Ruta de Pedra en Sec (Dry Stone Route), a 93-mile trail that runs the length of the sierra from Andratx to Pollença.
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Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.
—Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
Then a couple of years later, in 1984, two American anthropologists—including Stephen Athens, a rising star in the archaeology of Ecuador’s northern sierra—showed up.
—Naomi Renee Cohen, Slate Magazine, 15 May 2017
Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.
—Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
Then a couple of years later, in 1984, two American anthropologists—including Stephen Athens, a rising star in the archaeology of Ecuador’s northern sierra—showed up.
—Naomi Renee Cohen, Slate Magazine, 15 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sierra
Noun
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Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Sep. 2019
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Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.—
Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Aug. 2019
Noun
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Earlier this month, a snowmobiler was killed in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range after an avalanche buried him in snow.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Away Lutsen Mountains is one of only a few ski resorts in the Midwest on an actual mountain range.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Although the precipitation may be on the light side, very welcome rain and mountain snow will be common across the Intermountain West with multiple rounds through the week.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The area's geography of tall seaside cliffs and sharp mountain ridges can contribute to turbulent air and quick weather changes that pose hazards for aviation.—
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Sierra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sierra. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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