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Recent Examples of topography
Nature design motifs are sprinkled throughout the dining room, such as redwood paneling bearing carvings of a redwood tree and a topography map of Kirkwood Mountain, where the Riches like to ski.
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Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Above each table, a showy chandelier mimics grapes on the vine, and below, abstract imagery inspired by California topography is woven into the carpet.
—Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Each elevated the other’s sacredness, celebrating its twists and turns and its unusual topography.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
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Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Above each table, a showy chandelier mimics grapes on the vine, and below, abstract imagery inspired by California topography is woven into the carpet.
—Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Each elevated the other’s sacredness, celebrating its twists and turns and its unusual topography.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topography
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Planning Your Next Trip The South’s landmarks serve as windows into American history, geography and culture — and the region rewards curious travelers at every turn.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Apr. 2026
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The concentration of major highways including I-95, I-595, Florida’s Turnpike, US-1, and A1A in a relatively compact coastal geography means that accidents on any one corridor can have cascading effects on safety and traffic flow across the broader network.—
Anton Lucanus
April 3,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Garden Works, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Detroit, is the brainchild of veteran landscape and garden designer Deborah Silver, who grafts fine art and style onto the world of horticulture.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Our actual political landscape, in which government officials are adding journalists to top-secret group chats or running around in wrong-sized shoes as a form of flattery, has too far superseded anything even the most cutting jokester could ever have dreamed up.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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Snow crews with Keystone worked to keep terrain connected through the end of the season, despite limited snow.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Artemis 2 astronauts will study the moon during the flyby, gathering data that could help scientists better understand the terrain and geology of Earth's nearest neighbor.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Topography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topography. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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