mountain range

noun

Definition of mountain rangenext
as in cordillera

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Recent Examples of mountain range The stakes are existential for the mountain range’s mountain lions, which are contending with critically low genetic diversity as close relatives mate. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 The actress’ dress hailed from Almée Couture’s spring 2027 collection and featured a bouquet of botanicals set against a purple mountain range landscape. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 There's already a subway system under the same mountain range near Hollywood, but that one has a driver onboard. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Yuba City is home to the Sutter Buttes, the world's smallest mountain range. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The rugged peaks of Afghanistan’s section of this vast mountain range act as water towers. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 Ignacio Gatica’s series Sunsets (2024), for example, depicts colorful scenes of the sun setting and rising over a mountain range. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Huachuma, whose Latin name is Echinopsis pachanoi, is a tall cactus that grows along the spine of the Andes, the mountain range on South America’s western side. — Pardis Mahdavi, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026 One levitates, a second hears the voices of the dead, a third experiences the entire geologic history of the Andean mountain range inside his own body. — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain range
  1. cordillera
  2. mountain
  3. mount
  4. sierra
  5. range
  6. peak
  7. hump
Noun
  • At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas.
    — Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of cordillera
Noun
  • The Sky Rooftop restaurant is the property’s undisputed star with jaw-dropping panoramas of the lake, mountains, and city that surround it.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Africa was a different case altogether—hemmed in by mountain belts at the time, its erosion and sediment were shaped by the mountains rather than by the mantle beneath.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of mountain
Noun
  • With her tight perm, oversized glasses and thick outer-borough accent, Johansson’s Hester has a watchful unease as the dangers surrounding her family mount.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • This heater can be bought either alone or with a tripod, a roll cage or a ceiling mount.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of mount
Noun
  • Mallorca’s very own mountain range is perfect walking territory, boasting the famous Ruta de Pedra en Sec (Dry Stone Route), a 93-mile trail that runs the length of the sierra from Andratx to Pollença.
    — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
Definition of sierra
Noun
  • The assessment indicates that moisture-meter readings in the drywall fall within or below the 5%-12% range generally considered acceptable under normal indoor humidity conditions.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Phoenix shot 22 for 43 (51%) from three-point range and had seven players score in double digits, including five off the bench.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of range
Noun
  • Total snow accumulations up to a foot, with up to 2 feet at the highest peaks.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Customers help balance grid demand Oracle’s Opower platform uses behavioral demand response (BDR) and peak-time rebate (PTR) programs.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of peak
Noun
  • Even girls of eleven or twelve could be seen lugging elevated humps behind them, like small unhappy camels.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Rispoli writes Goblikon’s jokes, massages his hump and researches topics for his podcast.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of hump

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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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