as in short
having relatively little height
the low-lying hills blocked our view of the sea only a little bit
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Recent Examples of low-lying
Physical vulnerabilities can be things such as low-lying land, landside-prone hills, or dry forests where wildfires are likely.
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Wesley Cheek, Time, 1 Nov. 2025
Footage captured on the ground showed just how quickly the low-lying farmlands were submerged by rainwater.
—Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Some roads and low-lying property including parking lots, parks and lawns near the waterfront will experience shallow flooding.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
The storm ripped roofs off of buildings and sent several feet of floodwater onto roadways in low-lying areas.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Cheek, Time, 1 Nov. 2025
Footage captured on the ground showed just how quickly the low-lying farmlands were submerged by rainwater.
—Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Some roads and low-lying property including parking lots, parks and lawns near the waterfront will experience shallow flooding.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
The storm ripped roofs off of buildings and sent several feet of floodwater onto roadways in low-lying areas.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-lying
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For shorter getaways or everyday commuting, the Zella Travel Canvas Tote Bag is down to just $30—roomy enough for your essentials but lightweight enough to carry anywhere.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Schumer wore a short Miu Miu button-down shirt dress and black heels — and the comments had kind words for her fitness progress.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Wet and dry fronts, prevailing winds, moisture and vapour, meeting, as luck would have it, exactly at the top of that big mountain on the little island.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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But the shutdown has turned most parks into ghost towns, with little to no staffing or access to amenities and facilities.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Palantir’s revenue figures are still quite small compared to peers of similar market capitalization.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The organization’s Green Heart Project, which studies the impact of better air quality on heart disease through urban greening, has found that increasing the number of trees and shrubs in an area can create lower levels of a blood marker associated with inflammation.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Here is Carreras profiting from that exact ploy while playing for Benfica against Barcelona in the Champions League last season, sneaking forward on the far side before receiving the switch and hammering a low cross into striker Vangelis Pavlidis to score.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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From breezing through paperwork to avoiding unnecessary airport delays, this tiny travel hero proves that sometimes the simplest tools are the most important.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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But the movie only gives tiny little tastes of 1982 rock culture, and why Nebraska was so comically unsuitable for airplay.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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