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Recent Examples of topography
However, Cox said via email last week that the cost of new construction and the site topography where the old police headquarters stood drove the cost up so high that the location was not the best choice.
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Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Songmont also references the topography surrounding its headquarters, including the Loess Plateau and the Yellow River that flows through it.
—Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
The song becomes a longing ballad to finding the person you’re meant to end up with, like swans in the wild, showing how Zardoya draws specific connections to the topography around her and the feelings that live deep inside her.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The area was never covered during the glacial period 12,000 years ago, and the resulting topography and fall foliage help Dubuque resemble New England more than much of the Midwest.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Songmont also references the topography surrounding its headquarters, including the Loess Plateau and the Yellow River that flows through it.
—Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
The song becomes a longing ballad to finding the person you’re meant to end up with, like swans in the wild, showing how Zardoya draws specific connections to the topography around her and the feelings that live deep inside her.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The area was never covered during the glacial period 12,000 years ago, and the resulting topography and fall foliage help Dubuque resemble New England more than much of the Midwest.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for topography
Noun
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Beat the winter traffic—or ski-in without the crowds Some of Tahoe’s winter woes are caused by the region’s natural geography.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
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The country’s geography squeezes a wild variety into a tight map.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For Gay, the political landscape at home has elicited some spontaneous reactions from strangers abroad.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Three employees of a landscape supply business in Texas were fatally shot Saturday morning, authorities said.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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On Cebu, the rugged terrain funnelled water straight into communities that lack sufficient drainage.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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There are guns, horses, ghosts, a primal struggle for survival in hostile terrain, family feuds and a steadily intensifying sense of mortal threat, as Old Porch’s ambition and psychopathy escalate the drama.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Topography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topography. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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