Thesaurus results for CANYON

canyon

noun

ˈkan-yən

variants also cañon

as in ravine

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides

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Recent Examples of canyon The study also highlights that the Colorado River of 2026 is much different than the body of water that carved the canyon. —

Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026 Some 4,800 units were erected along the hills and canyons of Kearny Mesa in less than a year. —

Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Fellow car enthusiast Evan Sawyer said Baron admired the beauty of the canyon roads and found peace in driving calmly along them. —

Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Utah’s canyon country has always been a source of rejuvenation and connection for me — the kaleidoscope of rocks, raucous pinyon jays, the legacy of millennia of inhabitants. —

Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for canyon

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Noun

When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.

— KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
She was found hours later, barely alive and with a fractured skull, having been brutally raped and left for dead in one of the park’s ravines.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026