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Less than an hour later, Adams and Bailey were leading us all across a mesa top to witness the moment that sunlight hit Fajada Butte.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
The park’s trails lead across red rock cliffs, piñon-juniper woodlands, and high-desert mesas with panoramic views in every direction that glow gold and orange at sunrise or sunset.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Scans of the long, flat mesa on the property suggest that there’s an immense, unknown, fragmented thing inside.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
On the mesa, flames leaped from one 4,000-square-foot home to the next.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
The park’s trails lead across red rock cliffs, piñon-juniper woodlands, and high-desert mesas with panoramic views in every direction that glow gold and orange at sunrise or sunset.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Scans of the long, flat mesa on the property suggest that there’s an immense, unknown, fragmented thing inside.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
On the mesa, flames leaped from one 4,000-square-foot home to the next.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesa
Noun
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Behind the plateau in corporate AI lies a surge in personal and agentic use.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Oct. 2025
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The closure shrouds the 8,000-foot-high plateau and its elk, bison and occasional backcountry skiers in a winter wilderness that some advocates hope to protect and others seek to unlock.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The resulting sandstone cliffs, canyon rims, wooded highlands, tumbling cascades, and swimming holes are a nature enthusiast’s playground.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Probably the most noteworthy lunar feature is Tycho, a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands, named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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 Oct. 2025.
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