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cuestas

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plural of cuesta

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Nattai National Park is only around 50 miles from Sydney as the crow flies, but is known for its rugged terrain and giant sandstone cliffs.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
The defining feature of the property is its location directly on the Blue Flag–awarded Glyfada Beach, at the base of dramatic cliffs dotted with pine forests.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

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The $450 million carbon-neutral library blends seamlessly into the rolling buttes.

— Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 7 Aug. 2026
Each summer, runners carry prayers more than 50 miles from the town of Bluff, Utah, to the high country below the buttes, and the White Mesa Ute community beside the monument holds its Bear Dance each year.

— Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

Definition of buttes

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Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.

— Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025

Definition of escarpments

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Gaasterland said in her candidate statement that her top priorities include utility undergrounding, local control of land use decisions, and removing the train tracks from the bluffs while avoiding a new route that tunnels under Del Mar homes.

— Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Visitors can hike the coastal bluffs at Shadmoor State Park, charter a boat, browse independent boutiques along Main Street, or climb the iconic Montauk Point Lighthouse at the easternmost tip of Long Island.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bluffs

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Sharing a body that has changed over the years — stretch marks, cellulite, Cesarean scars and more — with someone new requires a level of vulnerability that can be nerve wracking.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Aug. 2026
Tony Brenning The burn scars and damage from the Aspen Acres fire, which burned more than 100,000 acres in June and July and forced mandatory evacuations, remain clearly visible.

— Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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Just beyond the tips of your toes, the precipices and terraces on the walls of the canyon plunged in a series of immense stair steps — down and down again for nearly 6,000 vertical feet.

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Just watch out for those precipices.

— Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026

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