mountain range

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Noun
  • Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
Noun
  • For the second time in a week, someone has died visiting a waterfall in the North Carolina mountains, searchers say.
    Mark Price Updated July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
  • Luckily, their families found the beautiful small town in the mountains, Redwood Hollows.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Trump also directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of grand jury testimony, as pressure mounts from both critics and supporters demanding transparency.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
  • Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 2008 on Tuesday as concerns about fiscal spending mount ahead of an upper house election.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.
    Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • What’s more, China is deploying surface-to-surface missiles of sufficient range and number to destroy American bases in Guam, the Philippines, and Japan.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • Ultium Cells Spring Hill began production in April 2024 producing only nickel cobalt manganese aluminum batteries, which has allowed GM to produce vehicles capable of exceeding 300 miles of range on a charge.
    Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • During the last five years, the stock increased on the day following earnings in 78% of occurrences, registering a median positive return of 1.5% and a peak one-day gain of 3.6%.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • That peak came after Target's sales rose more than $15 billion in the fiscal year following the start of the Covid pandemic, but its annual revenue has stagnated for the past four years.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Despite the loss, Hovland did get to see someone get over that hump up close and personal on the 18th green on Sunday as Spaun collected the first major of his career.
    Troy Finnegan‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • What's the difference between a hump, cushion, table or a dozen other speed deterrents?
    Rosalind Bowling, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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