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Recent Examples of topography
The most famous of its coastal towns may be places like Wilmington and the Outer Banks barrier islands located off the mainland’s eastern edge, but there are dozens of other waterfront towns carved into the Tar Heel State’s topography.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Watch On Eclipse planning for Morocco and Algeria With a complex topography that significantly influences cloud cover and wind, Morocco and northern Algeria present slight challenges.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The application of color over this varied topography requires precise control to ensure consistency across different surfaces and finishes.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
But when extreme rainfall encounters the mountainous topography, water is rapidly channeled into low-lying areas and can wash out the region’s many creeks and streams.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Watch On Eclipse planning for Morocco and Algeria With a complex topography that significantly influences cloud cover and wind, Morocco and northern Algeria present slight challenges.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The application of color over this varied topography requires precise control to ensure consistency across different surfaces and finishes.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
But when extreme rainfall encounters the mountainous topography, water is rapidly channeled into low-lying areas and can wash out the region’s many creeks and streams.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topography
Noun
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Yet this success story is tested by the realities of geography.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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The sample was nationally reflective within the aforementioned parameters, including a balanced sample of gender, race & ethnicity, geography, and income.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Schools, churches, small shops that survived the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed over 300,000 are now a pile of rubble, part of the apocalyptic landscape left behind by the retreating forces that control almost all of Haiti’s capital.—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Crews are carefully scouring the landscape for any spot fires from that may occur.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Although Lane's tropical storm-force wind field did not reach the state, its proximity, combined with high island terrain, caused some locations to receive sustained tropical storm-force winds, the hurricane center said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Part of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea, the island is defined by its rugged hills, arid terrain and wild, untamed coastline.—
Caitlin Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Topography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topography. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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