Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuesta
Noun
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Bring a tent and find a primitive site either in the prairie at the base of the buttes or tucked into the junipers.—
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
Noun
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Linda is prepared to take matters into her own hands when Nicky orchestrates a drone attack to incapacitate her, after which Charity pushes Linda off the cliff to her death.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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In addition, several media and press reports suggested Microsoft was pulling back its data center commitments and canceling leases, which some took as a sign that demand was falling off a cliff.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
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These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2024
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The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
8 June 2024
Noun
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The rim is a 1,200-foot-tall escarpment that rises dramatically above a broad valley, giving you the perfect perch for spotting the show.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
3 Mar. 2025
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The stately Fairmont Le Château Frontenac is a ubiquitous presence in Quebec City, always peering down on visitors from its highpoint on the Cap Diamant escarpment.—
Vjosa Isai,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The property has a private tramway to transport guests 300 feet almost straight down the bluff from the main house at 9044 La Jolla Shores Lane.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
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Fifteen years after her husband’s drowning in the nearby bay, Tressilian’s days are spent in a cranky routine: grumbling over the obscene resort stationed on the opposite bluff, reading London’s gossip columns, and summoning the household help with the insistent ringing of a bedroom call bell.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The rupturing fault created an approximately 20 meters (or 65 feet) high new scarp on the seafloor, which in turns caused the water displacement and a series of six tsunami moving both east towards Sumatra, and west towards Sri Lanka, India and Africa—eventually reaching the Atlantic and Pacific.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
18 Oct. 2024
Noun
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But the Gunners’ routing of Ipswich meant the club had to make do with a win, putting them on the precipice of glory.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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At the precipice of a new chapter in her career, Adell is loving every minute of it.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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From a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.—
Steve Gardner,
USA TODAY,
16 June 2023
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Clark held his nerve to the end and was right there with him, even after a rare errant shot into the barranca on the 17th.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2023
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“Cuesta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuesta. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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