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Recent Examples of tableland
The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center.
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Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023
Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation.
—Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020
Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas.
—Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them.
—Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023
Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation.
—Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020
Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas.
—Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them.
—Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tableland
Noun
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As subscriber levels plateau, especially in North America, Netflix has been turning to advertising as a key new revenue source.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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The tide had gone out, and she was stood on the edge of a large plateau of rock covered in seaweed—a desolate black field.—
James Rebanks
June 26,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Noun
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It's really based on our Hacienda, which is where all of our tequila is made in the highlands of Jalisco in Mexico.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Over in San Miguel de Allende—the No. 1 city this year according to readers, that's roughly 3.5 hours northeast in the highlands of Guanajuato—WBA voters praised two hotels that imbue the guest experience with true Mexican culture at every turn.—
Sarah Bruning,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Scans of the long, flat mesa on the property suggest that there’s an immense, unknown, fragmented thing inside.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
30 June 2025
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Foothills, groves, canyons and mesas all have been created above a parking garage thanks to the abundant use of hidden foam to shape the terrain.—
Sam Lubell,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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“Tableland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tableland. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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