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Recent Examples of mountain range
The Ski Utah Interconnect Tour traverses a mountain range with stops in Solitude, Alta, and Deer Valley.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
This historic town is also close to Serra d’Irta National Park, which preserves a coastal mountain range of the same name.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
The area sits atop the El Tigre fault line in the Western Precordillera in Argentina east of the Andes, a complex mountain range defined by numerous fault lines and systems, most notably those created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
One that seemed to wash the world in pinks and purples, turning an imposing volcanic mountain range in the distance into a confection?
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
After breakfast, drive north from Palma about 25 minutes to the Serra de Tramuntana, a rugged mountain range (and UNESCO World Heritage Site) that covers the island’s northwest coast.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Two people were seriously injured after being attacked by a grizzly bear in the McGregor mountain range, Canadian officials said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
The Bugaboot is named for Columbia’s iconic three-in-one Bugaboo jacket, which itself debuted in 1986 and is named for the Canadian mountain range.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
The genre emerged in the river system of the Mompos Depression, a vast wetland and in a small mountain range known as Montes de María.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
This historic town is also close to Serra d’Irta National Park, which preserves a coastal mountain range of the same name.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
The area sits atop the El Tigre fault line in the Western Precordillera in Argentina east of the Andes, a complex mountain range defined by numerous fault lines and systems, most notably those created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
One that seemed to wash the world in pinks and purples, turning an imposing volcanic mountain range in the distance into a confection?
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
After breakfast, drive north from Palma about 25 minutes to the Serra de Tramuntana, a rugged mountain range (and UNESCO World Heritage Site) that covers the island’s northwest coast.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Two people were seriously injured after being attacked by a grizzly bear in the McGregor mountain range, Canadian officials said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
The Bugaboot is named for Columbia’s iconic three-in-one Bugaboo jacket, which itself debuted in 1986 and is named for the Canadian mountain range.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
The genre emerged in the river system of the Mompos Depression, a vast wetland and in a small mountain range known as Montes de María.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Oct. 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
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Weather has been deteriorating since last week in Nepal, with snowstorms reported on the mountains, the Associated Press reported.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Yonah Mountain Vineyards also pays homage to the iconic mountain by emblazoning its wine bottles and glasses with a bear symbol.—
Crystal Tate,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Rispoli could have as many as five other Breeders’ Cup mounts, though apart from Johannes in the Mile, all will be long shots.—
Jay Posner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Many Reddit users admit to deeply regretting installing above-mount sinks—especially the vessel-style ones often found in bathrooms.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 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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Newell, which also makes Coleman camping supplies, lowered its full-year adjusted earnings guidance to a range of 56 cents to 60 cents per share, down from a prior forecast of 66 cents to 70 cents a share.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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The FreeSip Twist also comes in a range of gorgeous colors to suit anyone’s style.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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As the turmoil around him reaches its peak, the ghostly figure of a magician appears, offering him a way out.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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Gates noted that aid designated for poor countries—already less than 1% of rich countries’ budgets at its peak—is declining as wealthy nations cut foreign assistance.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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And a four-corner hydraulic-lift system takes the worry out of speed humps or heavily rutted roads.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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Promoting, as well as targeting, Miami-Dade County’s down payment assistance resources toward middle-income earners can get would-be buyers over the initial lump-sum hump, said Buckley.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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