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The mesa-like lunar mountain towers over a landscape carved by craters, including the Shackleton Crater, a cold, dark region where water ice and other materials that turn easily into gas are thought to be abundant.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Phil’s World, a trail system on a desert mesa, is excellent for beginner to intermediate riders.
—Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
Their conclusion from this is that the mesas and buttes are the remains of what was once a far larger plateau, which was largely eroded away on the side facing the northern basin.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
At the same time, however, the water exposure the mesas and buttes have experienced needn't have come through their being submerged by said ocean and, given their elevation, might best be explained through some other process.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Phil’s World, a trail system on a desert mesa, is excellent for beginner to intermediate riders.
—Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
Their conclusion from this is that the mesas and buttes are the remains of what was once a far larger plateau, which was largely eroded away on the side facing the northern basin.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
At the same time, however, the water exposure the mesas and buttes have experienced needn't have come through their being submerged by said ocean and, given their elevation, might best be explained through some other process.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesa
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In addition, participants lost an average of 16 pounds at the highest dose of the drug without reaching a plateau at the end of the trial, meaning full weight reduction was not yet attained.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Rickard Rakell scored Pittsburgh’s lone goal on the power play, but Mikheyev reached the 20-goal plateau for just the second time in his six-year career on the empty netter.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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The biggest threat was for parts of Siskiyou County above 4,500 feet elevation, including the Mount Shasta highlands, Medicine Lake and the Klamath, Salmon and Trinity mountains, as well as Etna Summit and Scott Mountain Summit, the warning said.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Located in the secluded highlands of Lanai, the resort’s minimalist aesthetics easily blend with the surroundings.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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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 21 May. 2025.
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