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Recent Examples of seamount
Zoom in: Given its proximity to the coast and level of activity, the seamount was picked to be the first underwater volcano observatory in the world.
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Kale Williams, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Scientists are eager to conduct further research to understand how the ban may be benefitting Chilean seamounts.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
The ecosystem is home to seamounts, hydrothermal vents, deep-sea trenches and species found only in its freezing water.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Chadwick and his team also often travel to the seamount on expeditions to gather more data.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kale Williams, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Scientists are eager to conduct further research to understand how the ban may be benefitting Chilean seamounts.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
The ecosystem is home to seamounts, hydrothermal vents, deep-sea trenches and species found only in its freezing water.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Chadwick and his team also often travel to the seamount on expeditions to gather more data.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 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
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The on/off lever, complete with a cherry red knob, adds a burst of contrast to the otherwise monochrome frame.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
20 June 2025
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Clean the base of the toilet that is on the floor and all the knobs, too.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 June 2025
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In recent years, several projects have been contested across the islands, such as adding new telescopes atop the summits of Mauna Kea and Haleakalā.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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President Donald Trump meets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 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
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As far back as a decade ago, when Villeneuve was on the promotion trail for Sicario, the Canadian said that action is art — and Bond is the very pinnacle of the genre.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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Whether your passion is for Oregon’s superlative Pinot noir or California’s world-class Bordeaux blends, these wines are truly at the pinnacle of American winemaking.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Seamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamount. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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