as in valley
an area of lowland between hills or mountains
settled in a lush vale in the shadow of the mountains
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Recent Examples of vale
Hollywood’s leading performers, venturing into the dark vale of middle age, have often been kindly treated by directors of photography, if not by screenwriters.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
EchoStar’s deal last year to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — then majority-owned by AT&T — was scrapped after EchoStar bondholders rejected the debt-exchange terms that would have reduced the vale of their holdings.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
The 2021 Caldor Fire raced toward the South Lake Tahoe neighborhood of Christmas Valley, tucked in a secluded vale.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The wind blew briskly over the glacier, and the vale echoed with the sound of frozen boulders crashing down the slopes.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Why should only suffering be a vale of soul-making, why shouldn’t the soul be made of this moment, too, this unremarkable moment, remember this.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Its views extend across hills and vales to the village of Vila de Frades and beyond, to the more bustling town of Vidigueira.
—Mary Lussiana, airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
EchoStar’s deal last year to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — then majority-owned by AT&T — was scrapped after EchoStar bondholders rejected the debt-exchange terms that would have reduced the vale of their holdings.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
The 2021 Caldor Fire raced toward the South Lake Tahoe neighborhood of Christmas Valley, tucked in a secluded vale.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The wind blew briskly over the glacier, and the vale echoed with the sound of frozen boulders crashing down the slopes.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Why should only suffering be a vale of soul-making, why shouldn’t the soul be made of this moment, too, this unremarkable moment, remember this.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Its views extend across hills and vales to the village of Vila de Frades and beyond, to the more bustling town of Vidigueira.
—Mary Lussiana, airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vale
valley
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Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic Republic of Iran from this terrain of fertile valleys, deep gorges and ancient Mesopotamian trade routes perched below the mountainous border dividing Iraq and Iran.—
Younes Mohammad,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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The valleys will see the highest temperatures from Tuesday to Friday, while the mountains and desert areas will become warmest from Wednesday to Friday.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Vale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vale. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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