as in hill
an area of high ground
there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest
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Recent Examples of highland
At the outset of this meditative novel, a pair of out-of-work twins who are haunted by their parents’ histories as thieves and killers decide to go on a hunt for a puma that is terrorizing farmers and livestock in the highlands of Tasmania.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Epidaus konkakinhensis was discovered in Kon Ka Kinh National Park in Vietnam’s central highlands, the study said.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Artemis cargo landers will deliver equipment to sites along the moon’s polar highlands, while crew members will complete daily sample retrieval runs.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
Herzog’s new documentary Ghost Elephants, about the search for a mysterious herd of elephants reportedly living in in the highlands of Angola, will play of Out of Competition on Thursday followed by a masterclass by the director.
—Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Epidaus konkakinhensis was discovered in Kon Ka Kinh National Park in Vietnam’s central highlands, the study said.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Artemis cargo landers will deliver equipment to sites along the moon’s polar highlands, while crew members will complete daily sample retrieval runs.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
Herzog’s new documentary Ghost Elephants, about the search for a mysterious herd of elephants reportedly living in in the highlands of Angola, will play of Out of Competition on Thursday followed by a masterclass by the director.
—Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highland
Noun
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On the screen were images of rolling hills, deer frolicking in the forest, and waves crashing on the shore.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These enormous mounds of debris left over from the feasts contained thousands of bones.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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That left right-hander Connor Brogdon – fresh off the plane from Salt Lake – on the mound when the Mariners scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Agroforestry’s potential Arabica coffee, the most common variety sold globally, naturally evolved as an understory shrub, performing best in cooler tropical uplands with good drainage and often partial shade.—
Paul Mwebaze,
The Conversation,
2 Sep. 2025
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Dune and swale systems are globally rare; this topographic variation — upland in the dunes, lowland in the swales — combines with the region’s unique confluence of biomes — particularly oak savanna, prairie and wetlands — to pack a lot of biodiversity into the preserve’s 42 acres.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The post also includes videos of Twiggs skiing down a mountain.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The evening after Jîna’s death, on assignment for the newspaper Ham-Mihan, my friend and colleague Elaheh Mohammadi drove eight hours overnight, through winding mountains and narrow roads, to Saqqez, Jîna’s hometown in Kurdistan.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Highland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highland. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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