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Recent Examples of mountain range
Earlier this month, a snowmobiler was killed in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range after an avalanche buried him in snow.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Away Lutsen Mountains is one of only a few ski resorts in the Midwest on an actual mountain range.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
HunterMoss, the luxury travel company founded by Australians Julie Hunter and Anthony Moss in 2008, has rolled out a new series of supercar tours throughout the legendary European mountain range.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026
The fact that the mountain range extends to the arms stripes is such a perfect detail and drives the whole look home.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
The mountain range features 125 peaks that are 5,000 feet or higher in elevation, with the highest peak, Mount Mitchell, in North Carolina.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Starting from the Laughlin mountain range in Mendocino County, the Russian River flows south toward Healdsburg and Windsor before veering west, through Sonoma County to the Pacific Ocean.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
This three-room B&B has sensational views of Asahidake and the Tokachi mountain range, and the husband-and-wife owners also own a butcher shop and prepare delicious meals starring local pork sagari.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
Over the great span of time – through the slow closing of a land bridge here or the rise of a mountain range there – species eventually split.
—David Toews, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Away Lutsen Mountains is one of only a few ski resorts in the Midwest on an actual mountain range.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
HunterMoss, the luxury travel company founded by Australians Julie Hunter and Anthony Moss in 2008, has rolled out a new series of supercar tours throughout the legendary European mountain range.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026
The fact that the mountain range extends to the arms stripes is such a perfect detail and drives the whole look home.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
The mountain range features 125 peaks that are 5,000 feet or higher in elevation, with the highest peak, Mount Mitchell, in North Carolina.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Starting from the Laughlin mountain range in Mendocino County, the Russian River flows south toward Healdsburg and Windsor before veering west, through Sonoma County to the Pacific Ocean.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
This three-room B&B has sensational views of Asahidake and the Tokachi mountain range, and the husband-and-wife owners also own a butcher shop and prepare delicious meals starring local pork sagari.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
Over the great span of time – through the slow closing of a land bridge here or the rise of a mountain range there – species eventually split.
—David Toews, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
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
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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
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Empower Field was the one mountain too high for even the GOAT to climb.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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However, in Spain, totality occurs shortly before sunset, meaning hills, mountains, or buildings might block the view.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The comparatively uptight Pari (Mahshad Bahraminejad) mounts nonlinear plays that depict the intrusion of political anxiety on everyday Iranian spaces.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
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Escondido is one of several San Diego County cities that have seen public demonstrations against ICE tactics in recent weeks as the violence mounts in Minnesota.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rising amid the central sierras of Spain, this is the late-night city of Dalí and Hemingway, Ronaldo and Picasso, and those fast-talking '80s melodramas by Pedro Almodóvar.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Dec. 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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Their new approach enables micro- and nanoscale 3D fabrication using a wide range of materials, moving beyond polymers and opening new design possibilities.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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The awards exist to sort through that range and highlight the bottles that best represent each style.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The woman used her headlamp light to alert crews and in a photo of the mountain her location can be seen as a white point of light in the vastness of the peak.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps no one understands the ambition of a coach who reached this NFL peak after a steep climb than a West Virginia kid who arrived as an undrafted free agent out of Shepherd University.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Jrue Holiday, whose arrival in 2023 helped push the Celtics over the championship hump, returned to TD Garden on Monday for the first time since his offseason trade to Portland.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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If that is what is necessary to get Herbert over this hump, then that is what the Chargers must do.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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