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Recent Examples of cordillera
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.
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Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
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
The plane carrying the coffin with Paloma’s mother is rerouted to Argentina, and the three rent a hearse and cross the cordillera to find her.
—Sean McCoy, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
Since the resort has an idyllic vantage point at the foothills of the Truong Son mountains (part of the dense Annamese cordillera), the setting makes for noteworthy Instagram shots.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
Local media published photos of teenagers and children among the group playing in the snow in the Andes mountains cordilleras on their way home.
—Washington Post, 26 June 2017
Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
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
The plane carrying the coffin with Paloma’s mother is rerouted to Argentina, and the three rent a hearse and cross the cordillera to find her.
—Sean McCoy, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
Since the resort has an idyllic vantage point at the foothills of the Truong Son mountains (part of the dense Annamese cordillera), the setting makes for noteworthy Instagram shots.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
Local media published photos of teenagers and children among the group playing in the snow in the Andes mountains cordilleras on their way home.
—Washington Post, 26 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cordillera
Noun
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Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2022
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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
Noun
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Dense banks of sponges cling to the summits and slopes of underwater mountains.—
Christian Elliott,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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John Shine described to me a research trip to the hostile mountain environs of Tasmania, where snakes stay under cover except for the 20 or 30 warm days each year.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Cordillera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cordillera. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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