seamount

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Recent Examples of seamount The second looks to obtain cobalt-rich crusts that have accumulated over millions of years on the tops of seamounts between depths of approximately 3,000 and 8,000 feet, by peeling these crusts off from the bedrock. Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025 In the sneak peek clip, an array of ocean animals traverse great distances in search of food, including travelling to seamounts — underwater mountains up to three miles high. Kelli Bender, People.com, 5 June 2025 Underwater volcano lurks off the Oregon coast The massive undersea Axial seamount volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed about 300 miles off Oregon. Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 May 2025 Deep sea minerals are found across the globe There are three main critical mineral deposits in the oceans: crusts on seamounts, potato-sized nodules and hydrothermal vents. Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for seamount
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • For years, simple pine chests with large, circular knobs have been a dime a dozen at antique stores.
    Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Changing architectural details like the shower fittings, faucets, cabinet knobs and drawer pulls can make a basic bathroom look far more refined and considered.
    Nomita Vaish-Taylor, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Monster's Ball actress used her platform to take aim at Newsom, who was scheduled to speak at the summit shortly after her, referencing his decision to veto the Menopause Care Equity Act — AB 432 — for the second year in a row.
    Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
  • At nuclear summits, the Kremlin’s leader could grandly sit across from the incumbent in the White House – just like in the glory days of the Cold War – to decide on matters of international security.
    Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier this month, a snowmobiler was killed in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range after an avalanche buried him in snow.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Away Lutsen Mountains is one of only a few ski resorts in the Midwest on an actual mountain range.
    Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Rising amid the central sierras of Spain, this is the late-night city of Dalí and Hemingway, Ronaldo and Picasso, and those fast-talking '80s melodramas by Pedro Almodóvar.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • But his chapter in the pinnacle of motorsport ended with less success, his final win coming in 2012 with McLaren.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The son of former University of Pittsburgh and USC coach Paul Hackett had worked his whole life to get to the pinnacle of his business, and failed massively.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026

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“Seamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamount. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.

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