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
The Nile as a source of life The Nile floods at the end of every summer, as rains from the Indian Ocean monsoon fall on the highlands of East Africa.
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Geoff Emberling, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
Born in Chi Xot (San Juan Comalapa), Guatemala, in 1987, Calel is of Maya Kaqchikel heritage and frequently takes inspiration from ancestral traditions and from the cultural practices of his home country’s midwestern highlands.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 May 2026
Built in 1885, the route once played a key role in transporting coffee and grains from the Curitiba highlands to the coast.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Take away the highlands and the suburbs and the big round table, and these are two shows that tell stories through the words and actions of real people.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2026
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Geoff Emberling, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
Born in Chi Xot (San Juan Comalapa), Guatemala, in 1987, Calel is of Maya Kaqchikel heritage and frequently takes inspiration from ancestral traditions and from the cultural practices of his home country’s midwestern highlands.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 May 2026
Built in 1885, the route once played a key role in transporting coffee and grains from the Curitiba highlands to the coast.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Take away the highlands and the suburbs and the big round table, and these are two shows that tell stories through the words and actions of real people.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highland
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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One day, the Santa Ana winds stoke a raging fire on the Getty Center hill, threatening the mansions south of Sunset.—
Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Roberts and a trainer came out from the Dodgers’ dugout to check on Wrobleski who hobbled back to the mound, ready to stay in the game.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
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An athletic trainer followed him, circling back to the mound.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
16 May 2026
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Today, the uplands are so broadly sunlit that most analysts say future interest rate cuts from the Fed are now likely pushed off into the far distance.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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Emergency crews searched Saturday night for a swimmer who went underwater near a popular rock face on a lake in the North Carolina mountains and never resurfaced.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2026
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An Indigenous couple pay a visit to another makeshift cross, mist rises from a waterfall, and mountains rear up, first green, then brown, and finally glittering white.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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“Highland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highland. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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