scarped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarped
Adjective
  • Back for America’s 250th birthday, the craggy hand pie is no match for childhood nostalgia.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 23 June 2026
  • The train continues south to Christchurch, hugging the craggy coast.
    Steve Madgwick, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • Winter brings peak ski season at Bachelor and the more mountainous crowds.
    Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
  • These many watering holes are reflective of the Lone Star state's varied geographic regions, from bald cypress swamps to mountainous desert lakes.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Adjective
  • For the history buff, visit the country’s capital city of Lisbon and walk the hilly streets while touring UNESCO World Heritage Sites like the Tower of Belém or the Pena Palace in Sintra.
    Morgan Evans, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026
  • The road where the accident occurred winds through hilly terrain and is widely known as hazardous.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • Peterson would fulfill steep guard needs for the Jazz.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • In this kind of unpredictable environment, putting money on the line can lead to either significant gains or steep losses for bettors.
    Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • Closures are part of an ongoing effort to shutter, amalgamate or repurpose campuses throughout the district in response to a precipitous decline in enrollment.
    Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • One way to capture the precipitous fall-off in NYC production and its recent rebirth is the story of Robert De Niro’s Wildflower Studios in Astoria.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • In October 2025 Anthropic launched Claude for Life Sciences, the first time that the company released a product for a specific vertical market.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • According to reporting by Defence Blog, the V-BAT, officially designated the MQ-35A by the US military, is a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone designed to operate from ships, expeditionary bases, and other locations where conventional aircraft would struggle to launch or recover.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
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“Scarped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarped. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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