Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain range
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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
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Dense banks of sponges cling to the summits and slopes of underwater mountains.—
Christian Elliott,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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John Shine described to me a research trip to the hostile mountain environs of Tasmania, where snakes stay under cover except for the 20 or 30 warm days each year.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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There’s also a wireless phone charger in front of the gearstick that doubles as a phone mount to use for navigation.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The engine mounts are lighter, the walls of the components thinner, and titanium and Inconcel parts are used, all a bid to shave pounds and ounces.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
17 Apr. 2025
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Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2022
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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
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Now Trump is once again withdrawing the U.S. After Francis' 2015 encyclical, researchers examined a broad range of views, well beyond the President.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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Periods of mourning range from three days (Chile, Dominican Republic, Lebanon and Spain) up to nine days, which is the traditional period of mourning at the Vatican, known as Novemdiales, during which daily masses and ceremonies are being held in memory of the pope.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Economic news Consumer sentiment was at the lowest since 2022, which marked the peak of the post-pandemic inflation spike, in the second April reading from the University of Michigan.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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On the western slope of the northern Sierra Nevada and western Plumas County, up to 10 inches of snow will be possible over the highest peaks, with winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Supermodel Tyra Banks had a few humps in the road during her journey to motherhood.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
18 Apr. 2025
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But to get the project over the final hump, the company has requested and received a six-month extension to complete the project.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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