buttes

plural of butte

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Recent Examples of buttes Within minutes, guests can be standing beneath the stone arches of Arches National Park, 4 miles away, or surveying mesas and buttes in Canyonlands National Park, 30 miles southwest, where the Colorado and Green rivers have carved the landscape for centuries. Cari Shane, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025 Enchantment's accommodations include casitas and suites, with designs and decor inspired by the Southwest desert landscape and views of Sedona's red rock buttes. Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttes
Noun
  • Authorities add that polluted water, marine debris, and unstable cliffs may also pose hazards, according to a webpage from the National Park Service (NPS).
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Tucked between Sedona's iconic red sandstone cliffs and the babbling Oak Creek, L’Auberge de Sedona has long been considered one of Arizona's most inviting retreats.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By bringing mountains, bells, temples, kites and looms into the heart of Paris, Songmont demonstrated how Eastern aesthetics can resonate globally.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The mountains on either side of the water give way to towering canyon walls, spruce and pine thin out, and only stout dwarf willow and spindly alder remain.
    Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Within minutes, guests can be standing beneath the stone arches of Arches National Park, 4 miles away, or surveying mesas and buttes in Canyonlands National Park, 30 miles southwest, where the Colorado and Green rivers have carved the landscape for centuries.
    Cari Shane, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, tribal members have relied on a single power line that runs roughly 30 miles east and west across high desert punctuated by three distinctive mesas, home to 12 distinct villages, including some of the oldest inhabited communities in the United States.
    Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This musician from Ambato, Ecuador, tropicalized the national music of the Ecuadorian highlands, which had long been stigmatized for its Indigenous roots and the sad melodies often associated with them.
    NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Don Churros Gomez traces its lineage back to Yahualica, Jalisco, a region in Mexico’s highlands known for its rich soil and incredible produce, according to Nuñes-Gomez.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • More of a large hill than a mountain, Naranco delivers bird’s eye views of the city and surrounding peaks.
    Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The shower peaks around the monthly new moon phase, meaning that there'll be no natural light pollution to ruin the cosmic show.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Buttes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttes. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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