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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain range
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Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Sep. 2019 -
Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.—
Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Aug. 2019
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Photos show the hound wearing the orange rescue harness on top of the mountain.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Santa Ana winds—hot, dry gusts descending from inland mountains—and severe drought conditions have created a perfect environment for wildfires to ignite rapidly and spread uncontrollably.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Combining political commentary with unabashed aesthetic pleasure, Wilding’s oeuvre both models new worlds and mounts critiques of the existing order of things.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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The focus now shifts to how the Trump administration will navigate deportation policies as pressure mounts to handle large-scale removals while ensuring humane treatment of migrants.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2022
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Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.—
Gregory Thomas,
SFChronicle.com,
17 Sep. 2020
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Plum, who made her third consecutive All-Star appearance in 2024, averaged 17.8 points and 4.2 assists per game, shooting a career-high 36.8% from three-point range.—
Nathan Kamal,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Pensacola, which saw nine inches of snow last week, will rebound to a range of low-50s mornings to highs in the 60s and 70 by Friday.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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The first storm will likely bring accumulating snowfall to just the higher Sierra peaks, according to the weather service office in Reno.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2025
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The wallets that achieved the greatest return on their TRUMP investments, meanwhile, had largely sold off their holdings by January 20, by which time the price had already tumbled from its peak.—
Joel Khalili,
WIRED,
31 Jan. 2025
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Still, whether Hovde can get over the final hump remains a major question.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
3 Nov. 2024
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He’s gotten over the major-winning hump and quickly joined a growing list of top active players with two majors (Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson).—
Hugh Kellenberger and Gabby Herzig,
The Athletic,
24 July 2024
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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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