mountain range

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain range
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • However, clamp mounts have a robust design and are suitable for road and mountain riding.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Max on Prime Video Season two sees Joel (Pedro Pascal), now in his 60s, and 19-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) settled into the mountain community of Jackson, Wyoming, with Joel’s brother, Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and his wife, Marie (Rutina Wesley).
    Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As research slowly mounts, cosmetic rib surgery is emerging from the shadows as a sort of next frontier in body contouring.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025
  • As research slowly mounts, cosmetic rib surgery is emerging from the shadows as a sort of next frontier in body contouring.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • 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
Noun
  • The Heat finished 18 of 33 (54.5 percent) from behind the arc to defeat the Hawks, improving to 7-0 this season when shooting 50 percent or better from three-point range.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Rebels combined to hit 19 of 39 (49%) from long range in their wins over North Carolina and Iowa State last weekend.
    Paul Newberry, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Doncic was traded seemingly at the peak of his career, which made the trade even more shocking and inexplicable.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Plus, the act of putting a mask on in and of itself feels like peak self-care.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The program is mostly focused on installing speed bumps, tables or humps.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
  • With two foot-long horns protruding from either side of their heads, a large hump resting on their shoulders and folds of loose skin drooping from their neck, these aren’t your typical black-and-white milk carton dairy cows.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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