cuestas

Definition of cuestasnext
plural of cuesta

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Noun
  • Puglia’s Adriatic coast is dramatic, especially between Polignano a Mare and Monopoli, where clear waters lap undulating cliffs and flow into the occasional sea cave.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
  • According to state officials, the property features steep canyons, limestone cliffs, rolling hills, and long stretches of the West Nueces River, all centered around a spring‑fed 30‑acre lake.
    Doug Myers, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The South Dakota park features over 240,000 acres of rugged spires, streaky buttes, and vast fossil beds.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • The kitchen turns out whimsical bar food, like Mexican pizza, and wall art depicts the buttes and cacti of the Seussian desert.
    Chris Malloy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • In late April, the board approved plans to install natural-looking wooden posts connected by metal chains between the sidewalk and the bluffs to encourage pedestrians to stay off the cliffs and use beach access stairs.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • Pilots can cut down the left or right canyons, go up over the rock bluffs or down into a Krayt dragon tunnel.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Proud scars remain, like the Civil War-era bullet holes in the brick walls of the half-bath, which were once the exterior walls of the building.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2026
  • Brown wasn’t here for those scars.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • That's why there are so few of us clinging to the crags of Mount Everest or decamping to Antarctica.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Coastal cliffs and crags are punctuated by black-sand beaches, and rich rain forests hide a towering volcanic cone.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Cuestas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuestas. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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