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mesa

noun

ˈmā-sə

Definition of mesa

as in plateau

a broad flat area of elevated land a mesa in the Arizona desert

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Recent Examples of mesa Riders make their way through a mesa area on Tatooine with options to choose three or four branching paths. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 May 2026 Latinos have always been an intrinsic feature of the Western Slope’s socioeconomic landscape, as ubiquitous as the area’s mountains, mesas and canyons. — Ernesto Sagás, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 Developers advertised the rugged mesa—framed by the Santa Monica Mountains to the east and the ocean to the west—as an escape from the dust and noise of the growing city of Los Angeles. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 West of the mountains, the scenery opens into Utah’s red-rock country, defined by mesas and sandstone formations, before stretching into the high desert of Nevada, where towns are sparse. — AFAR Media, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mesa

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After returning home, Cheogyal restarted his life and education in his home county Drago (Luhuo in Chinese), located in the rolling grasslands and mountains of a Tibetan region of Sichuan, on the southeastern corner of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The return is indirect and the case is harder to make, but skimping here is what causes horizon-one wins to plateau and horizon-three ambitions to collapse.

— Farooque Munshi, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of plateau

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Popular expat retirement venues include the capital, Panama City; Boquete, a town in the highlands with a somewhat cooler climate; Coronado on the Pacific Coast; and the inland city of David.

— William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
But critics point out a growing gap in living standards between coastal areas and communities in the Andean highlands.

— Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

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Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.

— Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026
Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands.

— John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026

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