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Backcountry My kid started his hiking career in this pack, which carried him from the mountains of Colorado to the hot barren mesas of Chaco Canyon.
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Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 29 Nov. 2025
Continue west to Acoma Pueblo’s Sky City crowning a 367-foot-tall mesa.
—Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Instead, tribal members have relied on a single power line that runs roughly 30 miles east and west across high desert punctuated by three distinctive mesas, home to 12 distinct villages, including some of the oldest inhabited communities in the United States.
—Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Some via ferratas cling to red rock mesas in the middle of the desert; others hug ledges overlooking alpine forests.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
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Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 29 Nov. 2025
Continue west to Acoma Pueblo’s Sky City crowning a 367-foot-tall mesa.
—Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Instead, tribal members have relied on a single power line that runs roughly 30 miles east and west across high desert punctuated by three distinctive mesas, home to 12 distinct villages, including some of the oldest inhabited communities in the United States.
—Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Some via ferratas cling to red rock mesas in the middle of the desert; others hug ledges overlooking alpine forests.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesa
Noun
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The Austrian ski federation said Haaser fractured the tibial plateau in her left knee and was set to travel back to Austria on Saturday for treatment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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The narrow path of annularity crossed only a small slice of Antarctica, placing the crew at the Concordia Research Station among the fortunate few able to witness the full effect from the icy plateau.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Boyes, a conservation biologist designated a National Geographic Explorer, has been searching Angola’s highlands for a mysterious, elusive herd of what have been named Ghost Elephants deep within its forests.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Boyes believes that Henry has living descendants roaming the Angolan highlands and is determined to confirm a genetic link.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2023
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“Mesa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesa. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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