as in mountain
a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.
The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit.
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Recent Examples of butte
Bring a tent and find a primitive site either in the prairie at the base of the buttes or tucked into the junipers.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
These pillars are denser clumps of gas and dust that the outflows haven't yet managed to erode, like how the towering buttes in the western United States have remained resolute to wind and rain erosion.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
These pillars are denser clumps of gas and dust that the outflows haven't yet managed to erode, like how the towering buttes in the western United States have remained resolute to wind and rain erosion.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butte
Noun
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During this time, what is now the Canadian Rockies was covered in water, and animals swam above the ground that would later become mountains.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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The most subdued of those was one of the most tempting: Hotel Wren in Twentynine Palms, which only opened in March, a 12-room, high-end retreat with muted colors, enormous rooms, custom furniture and poolside mountain views.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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But innovation is paired with complexity as regulatory systems lag and organizations grapple with tariffs, patent cliffs, M&As and global competition.—
Tonushree Mondal,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Even with the latest turnaround, U.S. consumers may still see some empty shelves in the coming weeks as the supply chain falls off the cliff.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
12 May 2025
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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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Sky City is situated on a 365-foot-high mesa, about 60 miles west of Albuquerque.—
Smithsonian magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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The biggest threat was for parts of Siskiyou County above 4,500 feet elevation, including the Mount Shasta highlands, Medicine Lake and the Klamath, Salmon and Trinity mountains, as well as Etna Summit and Scott Mountain Summit, the warning said.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Located in the secluded highlands of Lanai, the resort’s minimalist aesthetics easily blend with the surroundings.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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And in 2024, hunters found unidentified remains including a skull fragments in foothills near the school, and reported it to police.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Georgetown, a community in the El Dorado County foothills, is about a 50-mile drive northeast from Sacramento.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
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By that point our physical appearance seems to have settled into an evolutionary plateau, with only minor differences among human populations around the globe.—
Kermit Pattison,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Staying Motivated During Setbacks Even the most talented swimmers face periods of plateau or disappointment.—
Casey Murphy,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Butte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butte. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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