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Velez points people to the Water Canyon area on Bureau of Land Management land outside the southern entrance of the park, which is packed with waterfalls, slot canyons, sandstone features, and views of the mesas.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 5 May 2025
The couple's home has picture windows that frame a desert landscape, willowy green mesquite and a brown mesa in the distance.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve Peak season: Mid-March to late April/May
North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve encompasses a wide-open, 3,200-acre mesa near Oroville.
—Deb Hopewell, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
The two were close, living in the family’s home in a historic tribal village surrounded by high desert and mesas.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2022
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 5 May 2025
The couple's home has picture windows that frame a desert landscape, willowy green mesquite and a brown mesa in the distance.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve Peak season: Mid-March to late April/May
North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve encompasses a wide-open, 3,200-acre mesa near Oroville.
—Deb Hopewell, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
The two were close, living in the family’s home in a historic tribal village surrounded by high desert and mesas.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesa
Noun
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Some on the Iranian plateau still practice Zoroastrianism, the world’s first monotheistic faith, and the foundation for an ancient empire that still informs Iranians’ sense of themselves.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
22 June 2025
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While Nintendo mostly conceded the corporate tug-of-war over graphical prowess back in 2006 with the Wii, the general plateau of visual enhancements over the last two generations means that games running on Switch 2 look pretty damned good even compared to more premium devices.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
Noun
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The Last Nomads In Georgia’s Adjara highlands, a traditional way of life is slowly disappearing.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
12 June 2025
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The murine rodent lives in the region’s remote, steep highlands at elevations around 12,000 feet.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
21 May 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 1 Jul. 2025.
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