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Recent Examples of topography
Known as Millie the Mapper or the Military Mapping Maidens, women produced topographic maps, interpreted aerial photography and helped advance photogrammetry, the use of photos to make 3D models of the Earth’s topography.
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Melinda Laituri, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
Nathan Brown, an assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Texas at Arlington, said this sort of change in Greenland’s topography has happened before.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
In the course of sixteen months, from 1914 to 1915, the Routledges and their crew crisscrossed the island on horseback, worked closely with an influential islander named Tepano Ramo a Veriamo, and produced a pioneering survey of Rapa Nui’s topography and monuments.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Yorgason noted that there would be an open grassy area just shy of 2 acres, and that the Foothills’ topography did not allow for a site big enough for a full soccer field.
—Rose Evans
january 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
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Melinda Laituri, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
Nathan Brown, an assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Texas at Arlington, said this sort of change in Greenland’s topography has happened before.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
In the course of sixteen months, from 1914 to 1915, the Routledges and their crew crisscrossed the island on horseback, worked closely with an influential islander named Tepano Ramo a Veriamo, and produced a pioneering survey of Rapa Nui’s topography and monuments.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Yorgason noted that there would be an open grassy area just shy of 2 acres, and that the Foothills’ topography did not allow for a site big enough for a full soccer field.
—Rose Evans
january 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topography
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Our current trajectory is to scale these metal recovery facilities in different geographies of the US, particularly areas of concentrated solar installations.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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The difference lies in species and geography, Midway said.—
Meg Tanaka,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Exploring different lunar regions with the Artemis program could provide a more complete portrait of the landscape and its composition, and uncover clues on why the moon’s near and far sides differ, how much water the moon contains and how the silvery orb has evolved over time.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Within this landscape, the Paiza Collection occupies an exalted tier of its own.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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High Street began to slope upward, and the terrain became stonier around the sides of the road as Revere and his horse, Brown Beauty, ascended Rock Hill.—
Kostya Kennedy,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
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Beginners and kids start on Dollar’s gentler terrain, while Bald Mountain is reserved for stronger skiers.—
Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Topography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topography. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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