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Recent Examples of seamount
Because of its frequent activity, the seamount is home to the world’s first underwater observatory, called the New Millennium Observatory, or NeMO, per Oregon State University.
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Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
The seamount is beginning to reach the inflation stages that preceded the last eruption in 2015, Chadwick said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
Research equipment on the seafloor near the seamount is part of a vast cable array that provides near-real-time data to Chadwick and others studying the volcano.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
The data revealed that whale sharks tend to follow paths that connect key feeding grounds, with seamounts and industrial infrastructure acting as stepping stones along their journey.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
The seamount is beginning to reach the inflation stages that preceded the last eruption in 2015, Chadwick said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
Research equipment on the seafloor near the seamount is part of a vast cable array that provides near-real-time data to Chadwick and others studying the volcano.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
The data revealed that whale sharks tend to follow paths that connect key feeding grounds, with seamounts and industrial infrastructure acting as stepping stones along their journey.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamount
Noun
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Sun, wind, and water sculpted the sandstone into a dramatic, desolate, unearthly landscape of gorges and valleys, inselbergs and stacks, towering tassili and natural arches.—
Aminatta Forna,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Aug. 2024
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Geologists had suspected that these inselbergs, found in Brazil, Australia, and southern Africa, are old—enduring while erosion stripped away the surrounding landscape.—
Paul Voosen,
Science | AAAS,
26 June 2019
Noun
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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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The shallow knobs are great for pavement and light dirt or sand terrains.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Using an intuitive interface on an LCD with a navigation knob, PocketCloud lets users navigate options and monitor the progress of backups easily, whether the user is in the field or working from home.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While teams such as United and Chelsea have floundered in recent times, Liverpool have enhanced their image and appeal to commercial partners in a season that has taken them back to the summit of English football.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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On May 3, tribal members and experts will gather in Alpine in east San Diego County for a summit to bring attention to the difficult issues of Murdered Missing Indigenous Women and Relatives and human trafficking.—
Sahmie S. Wytewa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Many recalled his legacy as the first pope from Latin America, and the first Jesuit to reach the pinnacle of church hierarchy, one who stressed humility over hubris for a church beset with scandal and indifference.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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This term refers to a degree of competence that suggests the individual is among the small fraction of people who have reached the pinnacle of their profession.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Seamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamount. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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