Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuestas
Noun
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The locals carved stairs into the rocky cliffs and built terraced gardens.—
Andrea Pietrini,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025 -
We were being ushered through the Columbia River Gorge, whose jagged cliffs were thick with evergreen trees and vibrant yellow maples, which contrasted perfectly with the gray-green water below.—
Becky Cooper,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The unique red rock buttes often show up in movies, calendars and magazines.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Towering buttes shoot out of waving prairie grasses.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The swollen river overwhelmed Camp Mystic, where counselors and campers awoke in the dark and tried to dash through rising water, some clinging to trees or scrambling up rocky escarpments.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
9 July 2025
Noun
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The mission is blocks from Carmel-by-the-Sea and Mara Beach Carmel, a hidden gem that overlooks coastal bluffs and the Pacific Ocean.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The latter peaks in verdant bluffs before descending more than 600 feet to narrow county roads built around the turn of the 20th century.—
Katie Lauer,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The scars left by this Western Conference Final defeat to the Chicago Wolves in seven games will linger.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
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And for those with facial scars, freckles, a lazy eye, big ears and big teeth, there is someone out there for you.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Just watch out for those precipices.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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But most of the year, the route to these mysterious mountain dwellers was impassable thanks to forest, snow, and precipices.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife dedicated a new pedestrian bridge on Thursday in Eldorado Canyon State Park, where steep sandstone cliffs and precipitous crags have lured expert rock climbers from around the world since the 1970s.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
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The trail also leads to access points for crags with more than 350 individual routes frequented by Denver-area climbers, and up toward mountaintophomes on Conifer Mountain, just outside the park.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Cuestas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuestas. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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