mountain range

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain range
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
  • The fire has scorched around 20 acres of land on the mountain, but no structures were lost, the department said.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 July 2025
  • According to the zoo, the wild rodent had hitched a ride near Minturn, Colo. — a small town in the mountains outside of Aspen that is about 100 miles from Denver.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • As pressure mounts, those numbers are only expected to grow.
    Troy Batterberry, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Death toll mounts in Israel Earlier Sunday in Israel, at least six people, including a 10-year-old and a 9-year-old, were killed when a missile hit an apartment building in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 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
  • Part-time employees at The Pad Climbing range from three to 30 hours per week, which requires an adaptable approach.
    Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • In addition, the U.S. Global Change Research Program site provided a wide range of educational resources, including interactive webpages, videos and podcasts that explained the far-reaching impacts of climate change in an easy-to-understand manner, even for the public.
    Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Halfway through 2025, reported cases have already surpassed 1,274 − the peak for all of 2019.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 July 2025
  • High upon the peak of an old, weathered cabin perched a brown and white billy goat.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • These large dark brown colored animals, characterized by a protruding shoulder hump, are social animals that often form herds, which appear to be directed by older females.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • Both acquired during the 2023 offseason, Porzingis and Holiday were the pieces that pushed the Celtics over the championship hump, starring for the team that ended Boston’s 18-year NBA championship drought last summer.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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